Class Dismissed

This project was led by Catherine Stifter, a 2013 California Fellow, who takes an up-close look at the high rates of high school dropouts through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley.

Other stories in this project: 

No Regrets, Just Keep It Moving

School or Survival?

Family First

One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. Class Dismissed takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what’s at stake for their future and ours.
 
 
Class Dismissed was produced as a project for The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Music by Podington BearAnitek, Scott Collard, and Broke for Free.

[This story was originally published by Cap Radio.]

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