Since 1972, City-as-School has been a haven for kids who are alienated by traditional classrooms. Students who could not thrive at their original schools including rebels, openly gay kids, kids who have been teased for their looks, and a good number of disaffected academic achievers find a welcome here. What's different, though, is the use of internships, which are City-as-School's core. All students spend a major part of the week out of the classroom and in museums, botanic gardens, local newspapers, corporations, art studios, zoos, city offices, theaters, hospitals, schools, and other venues to learn by engaging in real work. As its name implies, the city itself is the classroom.

"I want to say that if I had never became part of City-as-School Bronx I do not know where I would be right now. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision... read more