A locally produced story about overcoming the challenges that teens face with high school graduation will be airing on American Graduate Day.

What does the community think about education and how are we making education in Michigan better? Over the past three months, DPTV has been holding conversations throughout the local community to talk to you about high school dropout rates and to identify strategies for improving outcomes for students, as well as understanding the challenges and solutions already at work in the community.

As Detroit teen Fernando Parraz, an accomplished rapper and budding filmmaker, aims to become the first in his family to earn a high school diploma — his ticket out of the struggles of inner-city poverty and violence — he finds support from an unlikely figure: his father, a former gangster who has suffered the costs of his own mistakes.

Los Graduados/The Graduates explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino students from across the United States.

Students participating in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program with Detroit Public TV met for a celebratory event at our Midtown Studio at Wayne State University.

American Black Journal sat down with Detroit Public School's superintendent Dr. John Telford, school board president Lamar Lemons and emergency financial manager Roy Roberts to talk about DPS's rising graduation rates, enrollment and the quality of the education and safety of students.

The NewsHour American Graduate team reports on a city-wide effort to keep students engaged in the classroom and on the path to graduation.

Juliette Okotie-Eboh, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for MGM Grand Detroit, explains their outreach programs which are creating a positive impact in the community and support students.

Penny Bailer, Executive Director of City Year Inc, Detroit, speaks to the success of near-to-peer mentors who are helping at-risk students stay on track to earn their diplomas.

Rob Otto, Program Facilitator of Winning Futures, discusses the efforts to encourage graduation and the life skills necessary to become successful professionals.

Yolanda Eddins, Director of Parent Development and Training of Detroit Parent Network, discusses the importance of supporting parents.

Sonja Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Communities in Schools of Detroit, Inc., discusses the organization's effort to engage communities to positively impact the schools in Detroit.

Dan Varner, Chief Executive Officer of Excellent Schools Detroit, speaks to the action their organization is taking to ensure each student has access to an excellent school by 2020.

Frontline visits a former "dropout factory" in Houston, Texas for an in-depth exploration of the dropout crisis.