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With the Help of Google and SF Muni, A Bus Sets Off to Serve City's High School Dropouts

Edsurge

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. Now, Good and his team are trying to solve a new problem: helping high school dropouts get their diplomas in the face of strict gang lines, rundown schools, and spotty internet. percent of which are high school dropouts.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Four-year institutions charged , on average, $26,120 in tuition, board and other fees in 2015-16, compared with $5,504 in 1985-86. trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5 Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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