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

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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