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Dropout nation, a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; writer and producer, Frank Koughan

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Dropout nation, a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; writer and producer, Frank Koughan
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Dropout nation
Oclc number
815302082
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Originally broadcast Sept. 25, 2012, as part of the PBS series Frontline
Responsibility statement
a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; writer and producer, Frank Koughan
Runtime
120
Summary
A troubling and inspiring journey through the maze of an inner city high school, Dropout Nation investigates the causes, challenges, and potential solutions of a national emergencyEvery year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas - an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. FRONTLINE takes you inside a former "dropout factory" in Houston, Texas, for an unforgettable portrait of four students in crisis and the teachers, counselors and principal waging a daily struggle to get them to graduation
Technique
live action
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