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States slimming down inmate meals 6 Jun 2009 | 03:03 am
As the Choice Bus continues to travel the US giving young people a hands on look at the benefits of having an education and the likely consequences of making the choice to drop out of school, this art...
The Choice to Stay in School 20 May 2009 | 02:52 am
Source: WMBF News Story from Dillon, SC about a visit of The Choice Bus: The Choice Bus is a half-prison, half-classroom mobile experience dedicated to reducing the dropout rate and the latest tool ...
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley signs law raising state minimum drop out age to 17 19 May 2009 | 09:39 am
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has signed a new law raising the minimum age to drop out of high school in the state from 16 to 17. The law, which Riley signed today, requires that a student must attend an exi...
Alabama Legislature Approves Raising Dropout Age to 17 16 May 2009 | 09:26 am
Story from ABC 33/40: On Friday, March 15, 2009, the Alabama Legislature decided to raise the school dropout age from 16 to 17 in a further attempt to keep students in school. The Senate voted 21-0 ...
Choice Bus visits Wayne County, NC 16 May 2009 | 06:46 am
Eighth-grade students at Dillard Middle School lined up to board a bus in the school parking lot Wednesday morning, unaware that within minutes their entire future would be questioned. "Choice Bus," ...
Choice Bus makes rounds to educated kids 15 May 2009 | 09:16 am
Video from News 14 in Charlotte, NC: CHARLOTTE – A national non profit is using a powerful tool to educate students in North Carolina. The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation is an organization dedicated t...
MLK Day of Service 13 Jan 2009 | 06:10 am
America's Promise Alliance, an organization founded by Colin and Alma Powell, has produced a public service announcement encouraging people everywhere to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day...
You've Helped Make A Difference - Happy Holidays 24 Dec 2008 | 07:22 am
More than any other time of year, the holidays seem to give every one of us a sense of hope in the good things the future may bring. For some, it’s the hope of renewing relationships with family and f...
The times changed, but some people haven’t 16 Dec 2008 | 06:20 am
Not so long ago, if a student didn’t finish school, they could get a job at a local mill or factory, or perhaps in construction. Not so long ago, a parent would accept the child’s choice not to finis...
Why not bail out our children instead? 12 Dec 2008 | 04:37 am
It seems that everyone wants Washington to bail them out. First, it was Wall Street and the banking industry. Now it's the domestic auto manufacturers. Even state and municipal governments are getting...
