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Left Behind, Dropping Out
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- Chicago, Duncan's hometown, where we try to find out why students leave school in the first place.
- San Diego, where a mentoring program has helped cut dropout rates substantially.
- Washington, DC, where we examine the cost of dropouts to families.
- Boston, where we look at whether the President's call for a "dropout age" of 18 could really work.
- And New Haven, Connecticut, where students are given the "promise" of college if they work hard and stay in school.
It's part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a public media initiative, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to help students stay on the path to graduation and future success.
Listen to the full interview with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Listen to the full interview with Russell Rumberger, author of Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It.
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- Chicago, Duncan's hometown, where we try to find out why students leave school in the first place.
- San Diego, where a mentoring program has helped cut dropout rates substantially.
- Washington, DC, where we examine the cost of dropouts to families.
- Boston, where we look at whether the President's call for a "dropout age" of 18 could really work.
- And New Haven, Connecticut, where students are given the "promise" of college if they work hard and stay in school.
It's part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a public media initiative, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to help students stay on the path to graduation and future success.
Listen to the full interview with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Listen to the full interview with Russell Rumberger, author of Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It.
Broadcast History
This program aired on several Public Radio Stations on and around American Graduate Day in September. But it remains timely and newsworthy until further notice.
Transcript
A SEGMENT:
This is Left Behind, Dropping Out. A public radio special on America’s dropout crisis, produced by PRX -- the Public Radio Exchange and WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. I’m Andrea Seabrook.
Each year more than million kids drop out of American public schools.
Kids like Carl, in New Haven, Connecticut
<<:07 Carl -The only thing I knew was the streets. So I started letting the streets take over me and I didn’t really care about school. >>
And kids like Keonna in Chicago
<< :04 Keonna: Well, I choose not to go to school because I get into too many fights.>>
This hour we’re going to look at the school dropout crisis not through cold numbers or government statistics, but through the eyes of these kids.
It’s part of American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to help local communities address t...
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Timing and Cues
RUNDOWN
00:00-1:00 Billboard [separate file]
01:00-06:00 News hole
06:00-19:45 Program [Dropout Segment A]
19:45-20:45 Floating Break
20:45-38:35 Program [Dropout Segment B]
38:35-39:35 Floating Break
39:35-59:00 Program [Dropout Segment C]
59:00-60:00 Break
CUES:
Billboard:
IC: From PRX, the Public Radio Exchange…
OC: through the eyes of the kids themselves. Stay with us. (music fade)
TRT: 1:00
Segment A:
IC: This is Left Behind, Dropping Out
OC: We’ll be right back (music continues for :05)
TRT: 13:45
Segment B:
IC: This is Left Behind, Dropping Out
OC: I’m Andrea Seabrook. We’ll be back in a moment. (music continues for :35)
TRT: 17:50
Segment C:
IC: This is Left Behind, Dropping Out
OC: This program is distributed by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange… PRX dot org.
TRT 19:25
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The Corner | Common | Be. | GOOD Music, Geffen | 2005 | :00 |
Breaking Away | Ratatat | Ratatat. | XL Recordings | 2004 | :00 |
Smoke and Mirrors | Gotye | Making Mirrors. | Eleven | 2011 | :00 |
Parachute | Tabi Bonney | The Summer Years. | EMI | 2011 | :00 |
No Motivation | Cinco and Bhindi G | An American Graduate. | Bump Records & KQED | 2012 | :00 |
Take Notice | J Dilla | Ruff Draft. | Mummy Records | 2003 | :00 |
Ffunny Ffrends | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra. | Fat Possum Records | 2011 | :00 |
Improvise | Jurassic 5 | Jurassic 5. | Interscope Records | 1999 | :00 |
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- Added to PRX ~2 years ago
- Produced: Sep 10, 2012
- Producers: John Dankosky, Catie Talarski
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