Others carried out energy studies of city school buildings to make sure the equipment and systems work effectively.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Twenty-year-old Desirae Somerville is working in a school office and also helping out at the recreation center.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

His father took him out of school and made him take a job in a large company.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

"That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class or dropping out of school.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Students may worry that low grades will keep them out of graduate school or a good job.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

But first, we tell you about a program that takes millions of kids out of school for a day and into the working world.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

As a young man, Red Adair dropped out of high school to help support his family.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Kate Strully carried out the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

And he urged young people to continue their education and not drop out of school.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

It started out as a college thing and then high school students got it.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

But the head of UNICEF, Anthony Lake,says: "Unless we all work harder, there may still be fifty-six million children out of school in two thousand fifteen."

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Nine times out of ten, students who do well in school find good jobs.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Rene Rivera found a way out of the barrio through school and theater.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The Cleveland Cavaliers drafted him out of high school in two thousand three.

VOA: special.2010.07.26