The Choice Channel

“More than 1,200 former inmates returned to Philadelphia public schools this year. But don’t start fitting them for caps and gowns just yet. They are among the 6,000 school-age youth in Philadelphia who are under the supervision of a judge or court. Most of them won’t graduate, either. Nor will the bulk of the 10,000-12,000 Phildelphia teens who become parents this year. About 70 percent of them will drop out within four years of the birth of their first child.” (06/27/08)