Alternative Schools Used To Attract Dropouts

May 21, 2012
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The dropout rate for Baltimore city schools has been cut by more than 50 percent since 2007.  The district has gone from accounting for 25 percent of all state dropouts to about 13 percent today. But still, more than 1,100 students withdrew from city schools last year. One means district officials are using to attract them back is through alternative school programs. WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn looks at that effort and talks to students about why they dropped out and re-enrolled in an alternative school.

 

The dropout rate for Baltimore city schools has been cut by more than 50 percent since 2007.  The district has gone from accounting for 25 percent of all state dropouts to about 13 percent today. But still, more than 1,100 students withdrew from city schools last year. One means district officials are using to attract them back is through alternative school programs. WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn looks at that effort and talks to students about why they dropped out and re-enrolled in an alternative school.

 

 

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The dropout rate for Baltimore city schools has been cut by more than 50 percent since 2007.  The district has gone from accounting for 25 percent of all state dropouts to about 13 percent today. But still, more than 1,100 students withdrew from city schools last year. One means district officials are using to attract them back is through alternative school programs. WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn looks at that effort and talks to students about why they dropped out and re-enrolled in an alternative school.

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