857 Students Drop Out of High School Every Hour

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The College Board set up 857 student desks near the Washington Monument on Wednesday to represent the number of students who drop out of high school each hour in America.

More than 22,000 people signed a petition by Wednesday evening that called on candidates to actually have real solutions to fix education problems.

Check out the New York Times story on the event to raise awareness here.

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