High school dropout situation: why, and what can be done?

High school dropouts
People participate in a rally at the James R. Thompson State of Illinois Center Plaza in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The rally, organized by Alternative Schools Network (ASN), highlighted a high school re-enrollment program aimed at the more than 85,000 Chicago youths who have left school before earning their high school diplomas.
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