East Bay high schools are seeing high dropout rates that should be of concern to everyone. The total dropout rate for students in the four-year period of grade nine to twelve in Alameda County is 26.7 percent. For Hispanics, the rate is 31.1 percent, which is critical since Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation.
Youth Uprising is a not-for-profit organization that works to address the youth education crisis in East Oakland where 43 percent of residents over the age of 25 do not have a high