The Faces Behind High School Dropouts
Clip: 12/6/2012 | 15m 20s
We talk with young people about their ideas to change the system.
With a high school dropout rate around 35 percent, Chicago is a city full of out-of-school teenagers. Educators, activists, reformers, and districts officials have competing ideas on how to reverse this trend. Yet students’ perspectives are often missing from the conversation on dropout prevention. We talk with young people about their ideas to change the system.
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The Faces Behind High School Dropouts
Clip: 12/6/2012 | 15m 20s
With a high school dropout rate around 35 percent, Chicago is a city full of out-of-school teenagers. Educators, activists, reformers, and districts officials have competing ideas on how to reverse this trend. Yet students’ perspectives are often missing from the conversation on dropout prevention. We talk with young people about their ideas to change the system.
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