Teacher Connects With Students Through Urban Studies

Manuel Rustin, a teacher at John Muir High School in Pasadena, takes an unconventional approach to connecting with his students. The UCLA and Harvard-educated teacher, who confronts what he sees as a disconnect between education and the realities his students face, is praised as an innovator in education. Toni Guinyard reports for NBC4’s Black History Month: Life Connected Special on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.