Help for High School Dropouts

There is a lot of emphasis placed on keeping kids in school and on track to graduate with their class...yet every 26 seconds a teen decides to drop out of high school. What are the pressures, both societal and educational, that makes a kid give up? And once they've left high school, what are the alternatives? On the next Another View, we'll talk about two alternative programs designed to help kids get back on track and become productive citizens. We'll talk with Luther Boykin and Elijah Charles of Commomwealth Challenge; and Mike Bonfiglio and Anthony Lowery with Point Option - programs with very different approaches yet the same goal - to help high school drop outs get an education. It's all a part of CPB's American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen initiative. Join us Friday, March 23 at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM, or stream us at whrv.org.