it was all part of a plan, a plan to change the entire concept of school in america. take a quick look. >> so what is the plan? i've never heard of it. >> right, very few people have. it's one of many model schoo thr to experiment with to see how they could build a school system that met their goals. you got to understand, gary, indiana, was a new town at this time. it was founded in 1905. it was kind of industrial town, so they felt like they could build in gary, indiana, a brand-new kind of school -- >> start from scratch. >> start from scratch. their motive was a corporate motive to train students for jobs. ♪ ♪ >> basically, it was to make them more useful and practical citizens. if you remember, what were the