Dropouts continue to be a challenge to educators
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Millions of students will graduate from high school this year, but many who should, won't, because they dropped out. More than a million students who enter ninth grade each fall fail to graduate with their peers four years later, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education. Terry Behrendt, co-director of the Transition to Teaching Program in the College of Education at Wichita State University, comments on the challenge of keeping youth in school.
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