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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

For updates on the programming, follow #SpotlightEduPBS and #amgrad on Twitter. National and local reporting, both on air and online is helping communities understand the challenges and community-driven solutions associated with the dropout crisis. The full primetime SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION line-up follows below (check local listings): .

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

“What’s the dropout rate in some places? At one Florida middle school, students learned about laws by writing bills — and in 2003, one of those bills made it to the Florida legislature. You can unfriend someone on Facebook or mute specific phrases on Twitter. He warns against waiting until high school. Forty percent?

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