Published 2:05 pm, Tuesday, August 22, 2017     (BPT) – For Christine Wilkins, now 16, freshman year of high school was an ordeal. The same students who bullied her in middle school were at her new high school. Just approaching the school entry filled her with angst. One day, instead of going in, she […]

By BPT NOV 30, 2016 | 9:15 AM     When you consider the “official” high school dropout rate in the U.S., it might not seem so bad at first; 6.5 percent of young people 16-24 years old have dropped out, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. However, you don’t have to look […]