PBS NewsHour

Motivating middle school students to apply for college

Clip: 09/01/2014 | 8m 20s

In St. Paul, Minnesota, students are dancing their way to class -- literally -- in the middle of the summer. This is Breakthrough, an innovative summer program with the sole focus of inspiring low-income, under-resourced middle school students to go to college, and showing them how to get there. Special correspondent Terry Rubin has the story.

Aired: 09/01/14

Rating: NR

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