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A Note from Dropout Nation's Marco: "I Love My Life"
Marco is now a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, and wrote in to FRONTLINE with some advice for would-be graduates.
September 30, 2013
Dropout Nation's Marcus Finally Gets to Play Ball
When we last saw Marcus, the stubborn, charismatic student in Dropout Nation, he had just punched another kid in the face two hours before the school year ended, an act that jeopardized his chance to stay in school and play football.
October 12, 2012
A Changing of the Guard at Houston's Disciplinary School
After 15 years of pioneering a private model of disciplining public school students -- and arousing persistent controversy from Florida to Texas -- Community Education Partners (CEP), one of the nation's largest private education firms, says it is closing its doors.
September 27, 2012
Apollo 20: One Man's Plan to Fix Failing Schools
Like many of the kids who wind up in failing public schools, Harvard economist Roland Fryer grew up amid violence and drugs, and with little hope for the future.
September 25, 2012
How "Private Schools" Help Lower Texas' Dropout Numbers
Students can get a high school diploma for a few hundred bucks and an online exam.
September 25, 2012
What Happened to Marcus?
When the school year began again, Marcus came back to Sharpstown. He had thrown away all of his school uniform polo shirts at the end of last school year, in a fit of frustration.
September 25, 2012
By the Numbers: Dropping Out of High School
How costly is the decision to dropout of high school? Consider a few figures about life without a diploma.
September 21, 2012
City Year Middle School Moment Screening
Join FRONTLINE and City Year for a live screening and open conversation about new evidence suggesting that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually occur in middle school.
August 13, 2012
Middle School Moment
Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Robert Balfanz has uncovered a series of indicators that he says can predict how likely a student is to drop out of high school: attendance, behavior and course performance, which he describes as the "ABCs."
July 17, 2012
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