Metco, Experiment in Education

Recipient of Continental Cablevision Education Award, 1992

Begun more than 30 years ago, Boston's METCO program is well known as one of the most successful voluntary integration programs in the United States. Its success as a pioneer in urban-suburban educational cooperation has become so accepted it is in danger of being taken for granted. Through interviews with participants who spend long days commuting to an affluent suburb in pursuit of their education, the question: "Is it worth it?" is answered finally and resoundingly.

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