Los Angeles Times reporter Duke Helfand takes a closer look at the state’s controversial dropout rate by following the diverging paths of 15 high school students from Birmingham High School.
- The Vanishing Class, a four-part series on why kids dropout by the Los Angeles Times
- Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in California, Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
- High School Graduation Rates in the United States, The Manhattan Institute
- Dropouts, Push-Outs, Walkouts: Looking at High Schools with Eyes Wide Open, School Wise Press muses on recent state dropout rate figures and their relationship to large schools
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