One Texas High School's Efforts to Help Students Graduate

An unforgettable look at the lives of four students who were in crisis and the teachers, counselors and principal who fought to get them to graduation. (Aired 2012) What does it take to ensure a student graduates? That question was at the center of FRONTLINE’s 2012 documentary “Dropout Nation.” At the time, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States were quitting high school without diplomas. The massive dropout rates hindered individual career prospects and clouded the country’s future.

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