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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the Post article:

"Montgomery was once tougher with attendance, but its old “loss of credit” policy was scrapped in 2010 amid concerns that it took a particular toll on students of color, led to some students giving up and was at odds with the system’s move to standards-based grading."

This is just infuriating. Showing up to school is not only important, it also helps prepare students for similar responsibliities in the real world.

What's next, if Crime X is committed disproportionately by Race Y, then the solution will be to stop prosecuting for that crime?[/quote]

You're comparing not showing up for school to committing a crime. They are not comparable.[/quote]

DP here. Then let's not compare. Would you consider it reasonable that if we see students from a certain race are doing disproportionately bad on school attendance, we should just stop disciplinary measures towards attendance issues?
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Presumably the point is not to punish students for not being in school. The point is to get students to be in school. So: do the disciplinary measures help get students to be in school?[/quote]

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