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Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma

Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma

Update: 2018-11-20

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Close to 24-percent of Oakland ninth graders drop out before their senior year of high school. Some of those young people ultimately decide that they need to go back to school in order to get ahead in life. We explore what it takes to support over-aged students to a high school diploma -- and college or a career -- when they’re facing homelessness, juggling family responsibilities, or are navigating criminal records. We hear the stories of three young people: why they dropped out and what brought them back.

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Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma

Dropping Out and Coming Back: Stories of Persevering for a Diploma

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