Dropouts: Falling Off the Bottom Rung

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January 2, 1987
Stephen Smith - Producer, Richard Green - Interviewee, Larry Humphrey - Interviewee, Nancy Harold - Interviewee, Barbara Muir - Interviewee, Bill Catlin - Reporter, Bill Palladino - Audio Engineer, Scott Yankus - Audio Engineer, Unknown - Interviewee, Perry Price - Interviewee, Steve Floyd - Interviewee, Farley Cotton - Interviewee, Gail Anderson - Interviewee, David Bennett - Interviewee, W. Harry Davis - Interviewee, Sally Olsen - Interviewee, Dan Olson - Narrator, Producer, and Reporter, Donald Fraser - Interviewee, Luanne Nyberg - Interviewee
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Midday presents the Public Policy Unit documentary "Dropouts: Falling off the Bottom Rung." MPR’s Stephen Smith, Bill Catlin, and Dan Olson create a collaborative report on Minnesota high school dropouts.

Topics of teen pregnancy, Head Start program, street gangs, and alternative schools are highlighted.

Awarded:

1988 MNSPJ Page One Award, first place in Excellence in Journalism - Radio Investigative category

1987 Northwest Broadcast News Association Award, award of merit in Documentary - Large Market category

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