FRONTLINE

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.

Dropout Nation

1h 53m

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.

Previews + Extras

  • Dropout Nation: Life at Sharpstown High: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dropout Nation: Life at Sharpstown High

    S2012 E18 - 3m 19s

    Brandi Brevard, a campus improvement coordinator, helps a student get to school on time. FRONTLINE is following a group of at-risk students in Houston, Texas, who are struggling to stay in school -- and the school administrators who are working against the odds to keep them there.

  • Dropout Nation Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dropout Nation Preview

    S2012 E18 - 2m 11s

    FRONTLINE spends a semester embedded inside Houston’s Sharpstown High School, a once notorious “dropout factory" that is part of an ambitious experiment aimed at turning around failing schools and cutting the dropout rate. A troubling and inspiring journey, Dropout Nation investigates the causes, challenges and potential solutions of a national emergency.

  • Dropout Nation - Promo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dropout Nation - Promo

    S2012 E18 - 30s

    Witness a high-stakes experiment to rescue students prepared to quit high school without a diploma. 9/25/2012

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