A portrait of students in crisis and those waging a daily struggle to get them to graduate

Dropout Nation FRONTLINE

Premiered September 24, 2012
Dropout Nation

Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas - an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. FRONTLINE takes you inside a former "dropout factory" in Houston, Texas, for an unforgettable portrait of four students in crisis and the teachers, counselors and principal waging a daily struggle to get them to graduation.

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FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.

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