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Article: MTV Tackles America's High School Dropout Crisis With Special Programming, Voices of Hope and 'Silent Epidemic' Summit
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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To: EDUCATION EDITORS
Contact: Jason Rzepka of MTV-mtvU, +1-212-654-7198,
Jason.Rzepka@mtvstaff.com, or Ricki Askin of MTV, +1-212-846-7625,
Ricki.Askin@mtvstaff.com
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