American Graduate

The high school dropout rate in the Greater Rochester area is a significant problem – and not just for those students who do not graduate. It affects the entire community, impacting our economy, healthcare costs, and workforce. WXXI's American Graduate Initiative focuses on providing quality content to inform about the issues, and convene & connect community members to resources and solutions to support educational success from cradle to career.

Partners: If your organization has a program to support student success that can be featured on the WXXI American Graduate webpage as a community resource, please contact us.

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Video: Learn More About WXXI Educational Services

Monday, January 1, 2018 - 9:42am

VIDEO: Do you know about WXXI's Educational Services and American Graduate: Getting To Work Initiative? Learn more through this short video about our cradle to career approach and community initiatives and collaborations.

PBS LearningMedia New York Highlights

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 3:10pm

PBS LearningMedia New York is the go-to destination for instant access to 120,000+ education-ready, digital resources including videos, audio, photos, images, lesson plans, handouts, primary & secondary documents, self-paced lesson modules and more for preK-12 classrooms and students! You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, the service is free for NY educators and students.

WXXI Education Monthly Newsletter

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 3:10pm

WXXI Education e-Newsletter is a monthly update provided by email and online as a PDF.

Stop the Drop On-Demand

A civic summit about engaging students in their future.

Admissions on Trial On-Demand

Admissions On Trial: Seven Decades of Race and Higher Ed looks at many universities, race helps determine who’s admitted. But a Supreme Court case could soon end that nationwide. We trace this issue from 1946 to today, and examine what race-blind admissions might look like.

Talking with Kids About the News, Emergencies & Tragedy: Ages & Stages Approach for Home & Classroom

WXXI is here with resources for developing strategies to discuss emergencies, news headlines and when tragedy strikes. Learn how to use discussion prompts, media, songs, books and activities to calm kids' fears, stimulate their minds, and encourage them to think about their place in today's world. WXXI has gathered the best in public media resources from PBS Parents, Arthur, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Newshour Extra to assist you.

180 Days: Hartsville On-Demand

Watch On-Demand: In 180 Days: Hartsville features a small town in rural South Carolina, where the entire town is trying to make an exceptional use of their elementary school system with exceptional results, despite the odds.

The Homestretch Youth Activity Collection: On-Demand

The Homestretch Youth Action Toolkit provides film modules about youth homelessness and supporting resources to understand and support youth experiencing homelessness. Watch On-Demand

The Homefront On-Demand

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Watch On-Demand intimate portraits of America’s military families as they tells stories of pride and patriotism, sacrifice and resilience.

The One That Got Away On-Demand

The One That Got Away tells the story of Tourrie Moses and reveals how the intertwined forces of home life, school life and street life can negatively impact youth, particularly one growing up in impoverished conditions.

The Game Changers On-Demand

This is the story of a unique initiative to transform American classrooms by focusing on teachers and the universities charged with training them.

Class of '27: America Reframed On-Demand

In rural America, children face the prospect of a compromised future. Class of '27 focuses on early childhood education in struggling communities, highlighting the efforts of people guiding children toward graduating high school in '27.

Baby Mama High

It’s the last few weeks of high school for Yessenia, a soft-spoken senior with two small daughters and a boyfriend who’d rather she stay at home than go to school. Yessenia’s forced to choose: stand up for herself and her daughters, or give in to expectation.

Listen On-Demand: Unstoppable Learning: TED Radio Hour

Listen On-Demand: Unstoppable Learning: Learning is an integral part of human nature. But why do we — as adults — assume learning must be taught, tested and reinforced? In this hour of the TED Radio Hour, TED speakers explore the ways babies and children learn, from the womb to the playground to the Web.

Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline from APM Reports Listen On-Demand

Kids who are suspended or expelled from school are more likely to drop out and more likely to wind up in prison than kids with similar behaviors who are not kicked out. Kids of color are more likely to be suspended or expelled than white kids are. So what's really the issue here?

TED Talks: Education Revolution On-Demand

TED Talks: Education Revolution, hosted by author, producer, and comedian Baratunde Thurston and actor and singer Sara Ramirez, focuses on how education is changing to adapt to our new digital world.

Watch Online: America By the Numbers “Surviving Year One”

The story of infant mortality in Rochester and what is being done about it. Watch Online

Is School Enough? On-Demand

On-Demand

Is School Enough? documents vivid examples of where new modes of learning and engagement are taking hold and flourishing. Watch On-Demand

PBS Student Reporting Labs: Outside the Box

PBS Student Reporting Labs across the country profiled young people breaking down stereotypes. How does it feel to be the only girl in the room, or boy on the team? Watch On-Demand

Dropping Back In On-Demand

Dropping Back In features half-hour programs which introduce some of America’s dropouts, theissues they face and the people and programs helping them drop back in and get on with their educations and lives. Part of WXXI's American Graduate: Getting to Work Initiative:

GoPublic: A Day in the Life of An American School District On-Demand

GO PUBLIC: A Day in the Life of an American School District is a 90-minute video document of a single day in an urban public school district, from sun up to long after sundown.

Facing Forward: A Student's Story On-Demand

On-Demand

Facing Forward: A Student's Story follows the experiences of a struggling seventh-grade student at a rigorous charter school in Cleveland are chronicled. Watch On-Demand.

Stories from the Classroom On-Demand

On-Demand

Local USA presents three short documentaries featuring unique stories from emerging Latino filmmakers: The Smallest Step (William Caballero) animates 3D modeled avatars of diverse high school students against real world backdrops; Overcomers (Gabriela Lopez de Dennis) highlights two teenagers succeeding despite the odds stacked against them; and Every Girl Matters (Gloria Moran) looks at an all-girls Catholic high school with a 100 percent graduation and college acceptance rate. Watch On-Demand

On-Demand: TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS: Education Under Arrest

On-Demand Program: Explore the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among American teens

A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education On-Demand

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Stories of the realities of seeking education for yourselves and your children when you are undocumented.

What it Takes: Chasing Graduation at High Poverty High Schools On-Demand from APM Reports

There is virtually no way to make a legal living these days without at least a high school diploma. Still, nearly 20 percent of students don't finish. Why?

Works in Progress: Local USA On-Demand

Follow 5 high school students on their journey to graduate and succeed, while facing challenges including poverty, violence and drug abuse

A Subprime Education

FRONTLINE presents “A Subprime Education” examining allegations of fraud and predatory behavior in the troubled for-profit college industry. Watch On-Demand

NOVA: School of the Future On-Demand

In a new age of information, rapid innovation and globalization, how can we prepare our children to compete? School of the Future is a 2-hour NOVA special that will discover how the new science of learning can help us reimagine the future of education for all children.

Time for School On-Demand

The documentary spotlights the 12-year journey of five extraordinary children in five countries as they struggle to get a basic education.

Eastside Education On-Demand

The documentary spotlights the efforts of school community to improve their school or see it close.

The Education of Omarina On-Demand

FRONTLINE presents “The Education of Omarina” of a young at-risk girl from middle school to college. Watch On-Demand

Tavis Smiley Reports: Too Important to Fail On-Demand

Examines one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today — the increased dropout rate among teenagers, specifically among Black teenage males. Watch On-Demand

PBS Latino Americans Resources

Resources from the PBS Latino-Americans, a three-part documentary series chronicling the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos over the past 500 years. Watch Online in English or Spanish

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ROC the Future

ROC the Future is Rochester-area collaborative focused on improve the academic achievement of Rochester’s children.

United Way

United Way of Greater Rochester highlights volunteer opportunities to help make progress in our community. Learn More:

Resources for Volunteering & Becoming a Mentor

Why mentor? Youth with mentors are less likely to skip school, less prone to violence, less likely to abuse drugs – and more likely to do well in school and more likely to graduate. Learn more:

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Rochester College Access Network

Rochester College Access Network:

You CAN go to college. We’re here to give you the information and resources you need to help you get there. A program of the Rochester Education Foundation.

Liberty Partnerships

NYSED Liberty Partnerships

Liberty Partnerships Programs offer comprehensive pre-collegiate/dropout prevention programs and services to youth in Urban, Rural and Suburban communities of Western New York, Finger Lakes, Central New York, Southern Tier, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Capital District, Mid-Hudson Valley, NYC and Long Island. Learn More

Rochester City School District Parent & Student Services Directory

Rochester City School District provides a specific listing of services and information for students and parents to access.

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City of Rochester Department of Recreation & Youth Services

The City offersafter school programs recreation and community centers which provide the best recreation and youth development program opportunities you will find anywhere.

Center for Teen Empowerment

Teen Empowerment

The mission of the Center for Teen Empowerment is to empower youth and adults as agents of individual, institutional, and social change.

Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection

Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HW-SC) is a nationally recognized dropout prevention program that helps Rochester City School District students stay in school and successfully graduate high school ready for post-secondary education and employment.

Youth Services Quality Council Directory

Youth Services Quality Council

The Youth Services Quality Council (YSQC) of Rochester and Monroe County is made up of more than 65 youth and family-serving agencies in the Rochester, NY area. See the directory to find great services!

The Rochester Monroe County Youth Bureau Partner Directory

The Rochester Monroe County Youth Bureau serves youth as a planning, funding and coordinating agency and is dedicated to developing, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive system of services for youth and their families. See the Directory of Youth Services.

2-1-1/LIFE LINE

2-1-1/LIFE LINE, a program of Goodwill of the Finger Lakes, provides information & referral helpline services as well as crisis intervention services to Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Cayuga and Seneca Counties. 2-1-1/LIFE LINE is the "hub site" for the 2-1-1 Finger Lakes Region in in New York State covering the additional counties of: Allegany, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, Yates, Tompkins and Cortland.

Call 2-1-1 day or night to connect with trained counselors to get free confidential information. Or call 1-877-FLNY-211 Learn more by browsing or LIVE CHAT: at: http://211lifeline.org

Keeping Kids Engaged

Homework Hotline

Homework Hotline is WXXI’s live NY statewide public broadcasting education and online show is designed for students in 4th-12th grades. Homework Hotline provides the tools students need to succeed in school by supporting problem solving and real world topics across a variety of curricular areas.

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Infographic: Rochester Economic Benefits of Increasing Graduation Rate (12/2015)
Interactive: Economic Impact in Greater Rochester of a 90% HS Grad Rate?
ACT Rochester: Community Indicators for Greater Rochester
ROC the Future
Infographic: New York State GradNation Data Brief (2016)
Building a Grad Nation site
State-by-State Interactive Map & Data
Building A Grad Nation 2017 Report | Exec Summary

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