Originally Aired November 17, 2011
Albany, N.Y. currently reports a high school graduation rate of only 47 percent, and some other communities in the region are also struggling to see many of their students through to graduation. Elaine Houston moderates a discussion with an esteemed panel of education experts from New York’s Capital Region to consider what’s behind this alarming trend and what can be done to reverse it.

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