7.5 million students miss a month of school each year?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/05/18 01:25:37
On any given day, about 90% of USA
students come to school — pretty good as attendance goes. But scratch beneath
the surface and you may find less flattering figures.
students come to school — pretty good as attendance goes. But scratch beneath
the surface and you may find less flattering figures.
New research suggests that as many as 7.5 million students
miss a month of school each year, raising the likelihood that they'll fail
academically and eventually drop out of high school.
The findings, from education researcher Robert Balfanz of
Johns Hopkins University, estimate that 10% to 15% of students nationwide are
"chronically absent" from school, missing enough class time to be at "severe
risk" of dropping out.
Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-...
I always knew where my children were
AND I had access to their School Attendance and assignment records via the Internet (yep .. while my children were in HS .. we got personal codes to access our children's attendance and assignments .. )
THAT made it very easy indeed ..
I made sure MY children knew I KNEW when they were in school (or not)
and they also knew .. IF I saw any missing periods or times (that they were NOT ill)
AS a PARENT .. I would be there to make sure they were NOT sneaking out the other end of the school at all!
(YEP .. I'm one of the responsible ones .. and they BOTH Graduated HS .. safely .. no problems either!)
Sad for other kids who haven't ended up in the same situation as me, though. Its sad to see so many kids let their potential waste away. Parenting strategies AND the public school systems need a complete revamp.