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# Pushouts Not Dropouts
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/voces/extras/pushouts-not-dropouts-9k0nvk/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:58:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T10:24:54.000Z
- Description: About 1.2 million young people are pushed out of school each year.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: VOCES, #ZZZ_Show_535dc1dd-e54d-4beb-b75e-b9c10968484f, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_143628c8-03ca-4501-8a17-c31383a401dd, #extra

Coming Soon to PBS: Martin Flores directs YO! Watts, a program for 16–24 year-olds who did not finish high school. To solve the “dropout crisis,” Flores says we must first address a widespread misunderstanding: These students are not giving up on their education; they are being pushed out of school.