A video showing a principal paddling a kindergartner goes viral and sparks discussions about corporal punishment. The child's mother said the principal coerced her into granting permission for the spanking. She feared being sent back to jail for truancy.
Posted by: Deltonia N. Shropshire, MA Researchers analyzed data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey that tracked, among other things, how many days of school children aged 6 to 11 missed and the reason for their absence. They found children living with one or more smokers in the home missed one to two more […]
VIA WJLA: WASHINGTON, D.C. – While another school year is just beginning in the Washington area, school officials are already revamping their truancy policies to keep thousands of students in school. In D.C., where teachers are facing a 20 percent truancy rate, new procedures call for parents to be called after the first unexcused absence. […]
