dropouts

Angry and troubled when his alcoholic father abandons the family, high school senior Tyrone gives up his plans to become an engineer, drops out of school, and takes a full-time job, refusing help from his girlfriend, school counselor, and a psychologist with problems of her own.

A young boy learns the value of formal education when he quits school to find a job.

After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody's college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town, but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.

Discusses the problem of teen dropouts, including who drops out of school and why, what life is like after dropping out, how to help teens stay in school, and how to give them a second chance.

Discusses the social and psychological issues surrounding dropping out of high school with interviews of teenagers.

Presents recent data about high school dropouts across America, describing the reasons why many students drop out of school, the consequences of dropping out, and ways that educators and other professionals are attempting to solve the dropout crisis.

Uses four case studies of teenagers who dropped out of high school to explain who drops out and why and to examine the economic and social consequences of such a decision.

After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody's college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town; but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.

Eighteen-year-old Flynn Robinson drops out of his senior year to play guitar in a top club band, but when he is faced with the first of many moral decisions, he begins to wish he had more of an education under his belt.