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Guest Youth Blogger: Build Your Own School (BYOS) Project Presentation
Written By Sydnee Logan Currently, a few of my classmates and I from Step are preparing to attend and present at the American Educational Research Association Conference also known as AERA. This year the conference is being held in Vancouver, … Continue reading
Guest Youth Blogger: Sydnee Logan
Written By Yo Ann Martinez KQED is excited to partner with the Step to College Program at Fremont High School in Oakland, California as they prepare to present Build Your Own School (BYOS) project at the American Educational Research Association … Continue reading
Video: What Makes a School Worth Going To?
New Mexico PBS Learning Media In the Mix, Originally aired in 2005 This clip asks the question, what makes a school worth going to? In this excerpt, we meet Thomas in New Mexico, who does poorly in academic subjects until … Continue reading
Pinterest: Why I Go to School
Pinterest is an online pin board. Why I Go To School is the topic of this pin board. Students share why they go to school as part of the American Graduate project focusing on the high school dropout crisis. If … Continue reading
Join a Live Chat Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET on Dropouts and Delinquents
Newshour American Graduate February 1, 2012 Written By: Kelly Chen This week, the NewsHour’s American Graduate team takes a look at juvenile justice and gang violence as it relates to the dropout crisis, with reports starting Wednesday on our broadcast … Continue reading
The True Cost of High School Dropouts
New York Times January 25, 2012 Written by Henry M. Levine and Cecilia E. Rouse ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18. The proposal President Obama announced on Tuesday night in his … Continue reading
The President’s New School Approach to Getting Americans to Graduate
Originally Written in the Detroit Public TV American Graduate Blog During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama made a bold call for new action against the drop out epidemic. Obama called for the nation’s sates to … Continue reading
Steering Girls To Science and Tech Careers
MindShift Blog January 6, 2012 Written By Tina Barseghian For Ebony Green, a career as a scientist might have seemed unlikely just last year. The stereotypical outcome for girls like Ebony, an eighth-grader at Frick Middle School in a rough … Continue reading
Celebrity Calls Urge Students To Get Up, 'Get Schooled'
PBS News Hour December 14, 2011 Written By Veronica Devore A teenager punches the snooze button again and is contemplating skipping class to stay in bed when her cell phone rings. Tyra Banks is on the line telling her to … Continue reading
Behind the Numbers: Why Dropouts Have it Worse Than Ever Before
A new dropout crisis study reveals staggering statistics on economic gaps between those in Chicago and around state of Illinois with and without high school diplomas. Earlier this week, our friends over at WTTW Chicago Tonight interviewed economist Andrew Sum … Continue reading
