skip to main content

Drowning in D's: You Can Turn Your Grades Around

18 minutes 51 seconds
Short Preview
Apply for Free Membership

Videos are generally available for preview to non-members as short clips. Limited full-length titles are also available. Log In to view the full length title.

Browse Full-length Non-member Titles

Empowers teens at risk of failing or dropping out of school by showing them how real students around the country have gone from drowning in D’s to swimming in A’s and B’s. Their compelling stories clearly detail effective strategies to enable viewers to get their grades back on track. Strategies include: identify long term goals, prioritize what is important, believe that you have the power to change, accept personal responsibility for your shortcomings, develop self-advocacy skills, devise and implement a plan of action.

Media Details

Runtime: 18 minutes 51 seconds

Request a DVD
Members Only - Apply Now
Lesson Guide
Color illustration in a picture book. Smiling children sit under a blanket fort. In the next image, 1 of the children frowns and snuggles a stuffed animal. Story text appears on screen.
8 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Young man sits in a chair in front of a wooden desk with a red lamp, some writing utensils, and a corded phone. He is holding the phone receiver to his ear. Spanish Caption. "Está buenísimo, por los torneos, la cancha siempre está llena."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 1
20 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Woman in exercise clothing standing on a running track. Spanish text on image. Spanish Caption. "Soy Rocío. Tengo 14 años, y me gusta correr."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 9
19 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
2 images. On the left is a boy in a blue coat with objects in his hands. On the right is a woman next to a chalkboard in low light. Spanish Caption. "El cine, en la sala oscura no se va a notar."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 11
19 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of a blonde boy with a blue shirt and green shorts next to a brunette girl with blue glasses, a yellow shirt, and blue pants. Spanish caption with chico as narrator, "Por eso es muy importante que podamos hablar las cosas."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 12
18 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of a dark-haired, smiling girl imagining herself working as a bricklayer. Spanish caption with chica as narrator, "Es que es muy difícil pensar cómo van a ser las cosas."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 13
18 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Closeup of a woman with lips parted mid-speech in front a chalkboard next to a bright yellow wall calendar. Caption. To start your project.
1 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Recently Added
Still image from: Autism Goes to College
1 hours 2 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Baba-Balu Belongs, Too
12 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Recently Added
Still image from: Bystander Intervention: Putting a Stop to Sexual Assault
22 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Apply for a Free Membership

Major funding provided by the Department of Education