Join us for a LIVE online chat and preview screening of CENTRAL STANDARD: ON EDUCATION on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 at 7:00 PM at: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/xbgit.

Share your comments and questions live with one of the filmmakers Brian Ashby and Executive Producer Anne Gleason. A counselor will also be online to answer your questions about Chicago’s selective enrollment process. Students, parents, and education professionals are encouraged to participate in this FREE and unique interactive event.

CENTRAL STANDARD: ON EDUCATION, the groundbreaking digital series, will air on WTTW11 as a five-part weekly 30-minute series beginning Friday, September 5 at 7:30 pm, with rebroadcasts on SUNDAYS at 5:30 pm. The series, produced by Scrappers Film Group and WTTW Chicago, in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios, focuses on education in Chicago and the surrounding region as seen through the eyes of five 8th grade students attending five very different publicly-funded schools as they strive to make it into one of the region’s top public high schools. The series is designed to provide a close-up view of issues important to local communities within Chicago and across the country.

In addition to the television premiere, you can watch the series on the series’ YouTube Channel or at wttw.com/centralstandard.