Check & Connect on Television in Indiana
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WANE.com, the CBS television affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana showed how Check & Connect strengthens student engagement in local schools, noting that dropout prevention and school completion also keeps struggling students out of the juvenile justice system. The Check & Connect model began in the 1990s with a partnership of researchers, practitioners, parents, and students led by ICI.