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Pbs: Dropping Back In: A Life on Track: Tricia Amos
Learn about Tricia Amos, a GED graduate who lives at Lake Travers Dakota Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, who talks about her goal of entering the health care field by working toward a nursing degree.
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Pbs: Dropping Back In: From Ged to Ph D: Kellie Blair Hardt
Learn about Kellie Blair Hardt, who overcame homelessness and discouragement at every turn to go from dropout to beloved special education teacher who is pursuing a PhD.
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Pbs: Dropping Back In: Champion for Juvenile Justice: Hasan Davis
Learn how Hasan Davis overcame obstacles such as learning disabilities, being arrested at age 11, and expelled from every school he attended to earn a GED diploma, college and law degrees, and serve as Commissioner of Juvenile Justice...
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Pbs: Dropping Back In: Lake Area Technical Institute
Learn about a new approach to postsecondary education that involves employers and focused, hands-on study programs that has led to remarkable successes at Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota.
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Pbs: Dropping Back In: The Cost of Dropping Out: Ron Ferguson
Dr. Ron Ferguson describes the current and future costs in America of having an undereducated population. He argues the need for career guidance for secondary students that includes options other than a four-year college degree.