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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/dc-schools-truancy-youth-crime

Finally, a really thorough look at how bad truancy has gotten and how it relates to crime. (And school quality, and future prospects for all these kids).[/quote]

Thanks for sharing - such an important and complex topic. It relates to so many of the threads on this forum. As a parent whose kids have been in Title one ES and MS for 10 years, I have seen over and over again the impact of truancy and the pattern of switching schools has such an impact on outcomes. When kids are younger it is not at all the fault of the kids, and often switching schools is the result of housing needs, which is why it is such a hard problem to solve.

It also relates a lot to the conversation of defining a 'good' school. A school can have amazing teachers and good programs/offerings, but if the kids are not in school, it makes the job that much harder. My kids are learning a ton a their schools, but they go every day, do the homework, and complete all the projects. Another child who goes to the same school with the same programs/teachers will not have the same outcome if they miss half of the days etc. [/quote]

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