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President Obama addresses the dropout issue before Congress and in a Public Service Announcement for the Ad Council.

Fat Albert and the gang try to convince a friend dropping out is not the way to go in this episode of the classic animation show. 

The Ad Council PSAs addressing the dropout issue and allowing individuals to reach out to students at risk of dropping out

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Time Magazine Cover, April 17, 2006 Issue titled "Dropout Nation"

• Feature article http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181646,00.html?artId=1181646?contType=article?chn=us

 A few more recent articles discussing the dropout issue

The Boston Globe-

• This article focuses on the connection between teenage pregnancy rates and dropout rates in Massachusetts: http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/10/25/solution_for_dropouts/
• This article focuses on the report created by "The Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission" of Massachusetts: http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/10/21/law_urged_to_make_teens_stay_in_school/

The New York Times 

• Article highlighting one perspective on the social costs of dropping out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/education/09dropout.html?scp=11&sq=dropout&st=nyt
• This article looks at one method of working with dropouts/prospective dropouts: military discipline: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/us/08cadet.html?scp=102&sq=dropout&st=nyt

         A link to the program, run by the National Guard, discussed in the article: http://www.ngycp.org/site/

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