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Teen Dad Graduates High School With Daughter At His Side

Seventeen-year-old Dameion Agee is about to graduate from high school... with his one-year-old daughter in tow.

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This Week On Metro Connection: Fatherhood

In honor of Father's Day, we've dedicated a show to dads.

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Students At Closing D.C. Schools Not Re-Enrolling In New Schools

According to D.C. school officials, 87 percent of students at 13 public schools set to close have yet to re-enroll in a receiving school.

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Can Federal Funds Help Social Service Groups Work Smarter?

The Obama administration's Social Innovation Fund has spent millions to help scores of nonprofits develop innovative solutions to pressing social problems. While participating groups say they're helping thousands of people, it's not yet clear what the government is getting for its money.
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D.C. Education Superintendent Announces Departure

Hosanna Mahaley Jones will be moving back to Chicago to care for her husband, who recently suffered a heart attack.
NPR

Graduation Rates Hit New High: Good News For Everyone?

National high school graduation rates have reached a 40-year high, according to a new report by Education Week. Host Michel Martin asks if this is good news for every district. She speaks one of the report's authors, Chris Swanson, and Mikala Rahn, who founded a Los Angeles charter school for former dropouts.

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