Chronic Absenteeism Hurts Millions Of Students

Thursday, May 17, 2012 Chronic Absenteeism Hurts Millions Of Students Danet Robaina-Cline, an attendance counselor at Chaparral High, considers her school lucky. Like other schools in Las Vegas, a city reeling from the worst ravages of the foreclosure crisis, Chaparral serves impoverished children. They live in foster care or homeless shelters. They must watch over their younger siblings or move several times a year. But because Chaparral is in the middle of a well-funded turnaround process, it's one of the very few schools that can afford an attendance counselor. Study: More Education Leads To A Longer Life Meet The Worst 8th Grade Math Teacher In New York City Students Suspended For Senior Post-It Prank, Classmates Hold Sit-In Fox News Host Blames Public Schools For Increased Gay Marriage Support Activists Targeting U.S. Schools, Backed By Big Bucks BLOG POSTS Adam Kissel: Georgetown Should Honor Its Commitment to Free Speech What does Georgetown really stand for? Georgetown's continuing attempt to have it both ways when it comes to respecting freedom of expression can only earn it more bad press. Gabriel Sanchez Zinny: The Presidential Campaign And Latino Education Trends in Latino education are also trends in education for all U.S. students. Producing an under-educated generation of students makes for a weak country. Perhaps that is what Obama and Romney should be addressing. Ben Barber: Burning Old Computers Threatens Ghana's Health Not far from the heart of one of Africa's biggest cities, Accra, Ghana, black clouds of toxic smoke rise from an outdoor recycling operation that is converting America's used computers into copper, gold and other useful materials. Nancy Pine: Longer School Days Not Good for Quality Every time I head for China, U.S. teachers and parents ask me how we can get our students to be more like the Chinese students. Meanwhile, the Chinese tell me how much they long for American-style education. Rev. Jesse Jackson: We Need Smarter Kids, Not More Smart Bombs Chicago is girding for the opening of the NATO Summit on May 20. The ministers and heads of state will be greeted by a rich array of protests, marches, events and counter-summits. Security is already tight near the conference center, and tensions are building.

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