50/50 Series: Demetrius: At a Crossroads

Dec. 18, 2008
Teenage boys can face tough choices as they advance toward manhood. But the choices Demetrius Davis is making are critical. He knows he can go the way of his two older brothers, one of them is dead and the other in jail, or he can reject street life and focus on graduating high school.

50/50 Series: Sarah's Rising at Robeson

Dec. 17, 2008
Sarah Vance is kind of unusual at her high school. Robeson is a neighborhood school on Chicago's South Side that has one of the worst academic records in the city. Sarah gets As and Bs. Although Robeson is working mightily to improve the quality of education it delivers, change is slow.

50/50 Series: Sarah's Rising at Robeson

Dec. 17, 2008
Sarah Vance is kind of unusual at her high school. Robeson is a neighborhood school on Chicago's South Side that has one of the worst academic records in the city. Sarah gets As and Bs. Although Robeson is working mightily to improve the quality of education it delivers, change is slow.

50-50 Series: Keeping Mykelle in Class

Dec. 16, 2008
When kids don't show up for school, missing multiple days, it's often an alarm bell. These are the students who are likely to quit. Even before Mykelle Wheeler walked into Chicago's Robeson High School, some of the staff knew he was at risk of skipping school and failing classes.

50-50 Series: Keeping Mykelle in Class

Dec. 16, 2008

50-50 Series: School Tries to Beat Drop Out Odds

Dec. 15, 2008

50-50 Series: School Tries to Beat Drop Out Odds

Dec. 15, 2008

50/50 Series: Trust and Access

Dec. 15, 2008
Robeson staff are pretty open door with us hanging around in the halls and classrooms. Principal Morrow (left) says he wants everyone to see what's really going on there, the bad and the good.

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