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California High School Dropout Rate

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According to new statistics from the California Department of Education, one of every four students drops out before finishing high school. We look at the reasons and some possible solutions.

Guests:

Jack O'Connell, superintendent of the California Department of Education

Russell Rumberger, director of the California Dropout Research Project and a professor at UC Santa Barbara

Andre Aikins, operations manager at the Omega Boys Club

Sharon Olken, principal at Gateway High School

Francisca Sanchez, associate superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District

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