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How one step team is helping students graduate

Sep 17, 2016 6:25 PM EST

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The documentary "Gentlemen of Vision,” from PBS member station KETC in St. Louis, follows a group of young men who are part of a step program. Its goal: to decrease the dropout rate and encourage students to graduate high school. In this excerpt, presented as part of American Graduate Day, we meet a few of the young men who have committed to the discipline of practice and competition.

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