One possible source of school funding dried up this week when California failed to make the final cut for federal education funding from the Obama administration's 'Race to the Top' reform program. President Obama is also pushing charter schools. But they're controversial, in part because they don't always reach students who need help the most. We report on one charter school working to get high school diplomas in the hands of students who've all but given up trying.
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