Michael Towns - Fishman Prize

Getting Ahead with Physics

August 08, 2014 5:11 PM ET

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In 2012, over a quarter of the Latino students that passed a California AP physics exam came from one classroom. We hear from the class' 

Mr. Michael Towns - winner of the Fishman Prize for outstanding education in low income schools. Citrus Hill High School has created an education machine in Physics and Engineering. Advanced Placement (AP) Courses are not always available to the low income schools.  "There's more than one way to define genius." - Michael Towns on Tenacity. http://www.npr.org/2014/08/08/338939605/getting-ahead-with-physics