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Public broadcasting launches graduation rate initiative
- 05-04-2011
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By Jason Koebler/US News
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Tuesday a new $4.4 million initiative to improve the high school graduation rate in 20 communities across the country. "American Graduate" will include television programming across public media affiliates to raise awareness of the problem and 20 "hubs" nationwide that will engage communities to focus on at-risk students who are most likely to drop out of high school. Nationwide, 92 percent of students think they will graduate high school, according to a 2010 Gallup poll, but the nation's graduation rate is just 70 percent, and less than 6 in 10 graduate among African-American and Hispanic students. Unlike many programs that tend to be focused on high schoolers, the initiative will target students in , a "make-or-break" time for students, according to a CPB information sheet. The program is designed to help students form good work habits and develop an interest in education before high school, when it may be too late for some students to make changes. (more...)
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