The story of two 2008 graduates from the Boston Day and Evening Academy, a special 12-hour high school for older than average students.

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The number is sobering: One-third of Boston high school students drop out before graduation. They leave school and enter life with no high school diploma, and fewer chances at well-paying jobs.
But students still make it through, sometimes in the face of even more sobering conditions at home. There’s T. a young girl whose [...]