Wichita Public Schools' Learning Centers was launched in 1999 to address the increasing number of drop outs and low graduation rates in school. This program focused on dropout-recovery and credit-recovery by using a Hybrid Learning model instead of the usual traditional methods. It was launched "to enable high school dropouts of all ages to work toward earning high school diplomas and current high school students to make up lost credits so they could graduate". The results show an increase of more than 8 percent in the graduation rates since 1999. According to statistics from the districts the Learning Centers "have collectively helped 974 students earn their high school diplomas since 1999" till today.
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