Article: MTV Tackles America's High School Dropout Crisis With Special Programming, Voices of Hope and 'Silent Epidemic' Summit

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NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help change the course of America's dropout crisis -- which each year results in more than 1 million U.S. high school students dropping out -- MTV: Music Television today announced the premiere of a new documentary examining America's "Silent Epidemic" and the winner of its "Be the Voice" college scholarship competition. The announcements are a prequel to MTV's participation in the May 9th "National Summit on

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