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SEEKING ANSWERS

TURNING ON TEENS

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High School

KANSAS CITY, Kan. --- It's the reality outside the doors of Sumner Academy that makes what happens inside remarkable.

In this city, 13 percent of families fell below the poverty level in the 2000 census --- compared to 6.7 percent statewide. Fewer than 12 percent of adults had a college degree --- less than half of the state average.

Yet, in this building, students are expected to go to college. And nearly all do.

The halls of Sumner --- a Works Progress Administration project listed on the Nation...

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