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By Ben Briscoe
NewsChannel 10
AMARILLO, TEXAS - A new program is hoping to create a better-educated workforce for Amarillo by providing a new take on offering high school dropouts a second chance.
A partnership between Amarillo College and Amarillo High School think of the new program as dual credit in reverse. Instead of being in high school and earning a college degree, these students are in college and a working on their high school degree at the same time.
A similar program in South Texas has shown great success.
Ben Briscoe is the 2009-2010 Best Reporter Award winner from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. He joined the NewsChannel 10 team in December 2008 as a newsroom intern. After finishing school at Southern Methodist University, the Pampa native came back to NC10 as a general assignments reporter.
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