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Last spring, FRONTLINE Producer Frank Koughan and his team spent a semester at Houston’s Sharpstown High School to explore a high-stakes experiment which is underway to rescue students from the edge and turn around one of the city’s worst performing schools.

What is at stake for students who drop out? What are the challenges they face? And what can be done to stem the tide of this national emergency?

Join Frank Koughan, Houston school administrators Brandi Brevard and Mark White, and John Bridgeland from Civic Enterprises, and NBC News Chief Education Correspondent Rehema Ellis, for a live chat to discuss these questions - and answer yours.

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