🎬 Documentary

Dropout Nation

"An unforgettable look at the lives of four students who were in crisis and the teachers, counselors and principal who fought to get them to graduation."

⭐ 4.0/10 2012 1h 53m Dir. Frank Koughan

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What does it take to save a student? 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. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country’s future. At Houston’s Sharpstown High, once a notorious “dropout factory,” a high-stakes experiment is underway to rescue students from the edge. FRONTLINE spent a semester immersed in Sharpstown High to produce an unforgettable portrait of four students in crisis and the teachers, counselors, and principal waging a daily, personal struggle to get them to graduation. A troubling and inspiring journey through the maze of an inner city high school, Dropout Nation investigates the causes, challenges, and potential solutions of a national emergency.

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Year
2012
Runtime
1h 53m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 4.0/10
Votes
1
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN
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Dropout Nation has a runtime of 1h 53m (1 hour and 53 minutes).
Dropout Nation was directed by Frank Koughan and released in 2012.
Dropout Nation is a Documentary film (2012).
Dropout Nation has a TMDB rating of 4.0/10 based on 1 votes.

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