Dropout nation / co-produced by Lisa Kalikow ; written and produced by Frank Koughan ; produced by Kevin Vargas ; a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs.

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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...

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Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author:	Dragonetti, John (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	WGBH Educational Foundation WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) Left/Right (Firm) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors:	Koughan, Frank (Screenwriter, Producer) Kalikow, Lisa (Producer) Vargas, Kevin (Producer) Lee, Fanny (Editor of moving image work) Bermon, Jaron (director of photography.) Gould, Jeremy (director of photography.)
Language:	English Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with some Spanish subtitled in English; optional English SDH subtitles.
Published:	[Boston, Mass.] : [Arlington, Va.] : WGBH Education Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2012], ©2012.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Dropouts > United States > Prevention > Case studies. High school students > Texas. High school dropouts > Texas. Education, Secondary > United States. Education. High school dropouts. High school students. Texas. United States. Television news programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Television programs > United States. Case studies.
Genre:	Case studies. Television news programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Television programs
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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