The Education of Omarina
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Omarina's Story
July 15, 2014
// 23m
FRONTLINE updates the story of a struggling student from the Bronx who today is excelling at an elite prep school thanks to a groundbreaking program to stem the high school dropout crisis.
Middle School Moment
July 17, 2012
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How one Bronx school is using a novel form of data collection and analysis to predict and prevent dropouts before they happen.
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