Latinos have the highest dropout rates in the country – more than twice that of African Americans and four times as high as whites. Tony Flores, an 18-year-old high school dropout and father, is part of this troubling trend. But the young Bronx man is working hard to get his life back on track.
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Nathan Frandino
HARD TIMES: High school dropout Tony Flores, 18, is working 60 hours a week as he raises his young son with his teenage wife.
