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School Absence

Chicago Tribune Report: Nearly 32,000 Chicago Public School Students Were Chronically Absent In 2010-11

Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Chronic Absenteeism, School Absence, Chicago Students, Chicago Public Schools Funding, Illinois Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public School Budget, Chicago Schools, Student Attendance Records, School Truancy Rate, School Truancy, Truancy, Home News

Nearly 32,000 — or approximately 1 in 8 — Chicago public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade missed four weeks of class or more d...

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High School Dropout Potential Could Be Determined In Middle School

Posted 07.18.2012 | Home
Read More: PBS Frontline, School Absence, Bad Behavior, Middle School, Middle School Students, Robert Balfanz, School Counselors, Video, Home News

A report by PBS's Frontline examines the work of Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Robert Balfanz, who suggests there is a key period in middle school that...

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Forget Snow Days: Ohio Kids Learn Online In Bad Weather

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — When bad weather hits this winter, students in a rural western Ohio school district will hit their home computers as part of an...

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