Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318, an inner-city school where more than two-thirds of the students come from families that make less than the federal poverty level. The school also has the best and most successful junior high chess team in the country. He would only be the fifth-best person on the team if Albert Einstein, who was ranked 1800, were to join. One of the best schools in New York City is now a "school in need of improvement." Public school budget cuts are now threatening to sabotage those hard-won gains.
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Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318, an inner-city school where more than two-thirds of the students come from families that make less than the federal poverty level. The school also has the best and most successful junior high chess team in the country. He would only be the fifth-best person on the team if Albert Einstein, who was ranked 1800, were to join. One of the best schools in New York City is now a "school in need of improvement." Public school budget cuts are now threatening to sabotage those hard-won gains.
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