This program is about how one piece of legislation from Texas' 2007 Legislative Session has resulted in the drop-out rate dropping 75 percent, the graduation rate increasing over 50 percent at a South Texas school district which implemented this legislation. Ron and guests discuss this and how other school districts across the state are looking at duplicating this extraordinary success.
Innovation Increasing High School Graduation Rates
5/24/09
Length: 22 minutes - Transcript
Guests
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Kim McKay, Dean-Enrollment Services at S. Texas College -
Leonore Tyler, Principal of College Career & Technology Academy PSJA
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Ariel Leal & Amanda Rae Chavez, 2009 PSJA CCTA Academy Graduates
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Texas State Representative Scott Hochberg (D - Dist. 137)
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Dr. Shirley Reed, STC President
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Dr. Daniel King, PSJA ISD Superintendent
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