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America By The Numbers

America On Track to Graduate

Graduation rates have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind.

10/03/2014 | Rating NR

America By The Numbers

America On Track to Graduate

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Graduation rates have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind.

Graduation rates in American have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind.

10/03/2014 | Rating NR

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Funding for AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS is provided by The California Endowment, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Druckenmiller Foundation, Ford Foundation, PBS, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Students of Color: Left Behind

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Clip: S1 | 1m | Students of color are still less likely than white students to complete high school. (1m)

Preview | America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa

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Preview: S1 | 1m | Behind every number, there's a story. (1m)

Model Minority Myth

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Clip: S1 | 1m 6s | A startling number of Southeast Asian Americans aren’t graduating from high school. (1m 6s)

High School Diploma: Game Changer

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Clip: S1 | 59s | High school graduates make more money, are less likely to be unemployed, and live longer. (59s)

Graduation Rates: State by State

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Clip: S1 | 1m 13s | Graduation rates are increasing - which states are leading and which states are lagging? (1m 13s)

America On Track to Graduate

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Clip: S1 | 1m 10s | Graduation rates have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind. (1m 10s)

Preview | Episode 8: The New Mad Men

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Preview: S1 Ep8 | 1m | By the numbers, the new target consumers for advertising (1m)

Preview | Episode 7: Surviving Year One

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Preview: S1 Ep7 | 1m | By the numbers, some babies have the lowest chance of making it to their first birthdays (1m)

Preview | Episode 6: Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town

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Preview: S1 Ep6 | 1m | By the numbers, the untold story of Southeast Asian dropouts (1m)

Preview | Episode 5: Politics of the New South

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Preview: S1 Ep5 | 1m | By the numbers, new Americans take political agency (1m)

Preview | Episode 4: Native American Boomtown

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Preview: S1 Ep4 | 1m | By the numbers, the largest oil play in the lower 48 states (1m)

Preview | Episode 3: Our Private Idaho

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Preview: S1 Ep3 | 1m | By the numbers, one of the whitest places in America (1m)

Preview | Episode 2: Island of Warriors

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Preview: S1 Ep2 | 1m | By the numbers, some of the country’s most underserved veterans (1m)

Preview | Episode 1: Mainstream, USA

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Preview: S1 Ep1 | 1m | By the numbers, a laboratory for the future of America (1m)

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Funding for AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS is provided by The California Endowment, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Druckenmiller Foundation, Ford Foundation, PBS, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

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