By: Patricia Kokinos
Dear June, This is a terrific article that really hits all the issues. I’m sure, during your observations in your local Starbuck’s, you felt the absurdity of rounding up kids like cattle, dealing, as...
View ArticleBy: Richard Melillo
Common sense and new thinking. Who would have thought that the changes needed are finally visible. Thank you both! Rich
View ArticleBy: Bill
Deci is disconnected from the inner city plight. Make schools fun and relevant, thats already done. What next, allow teachers to do what they want?- Oh Yeah he said that as well. Things must change...
View ArticleBy: Mick
As a former truant, these tendered reforms address many of the reasons for my truancy, particularly the dual-enrollment option. Many of my truant days were spent delving into mathematics, history,...
View ArticleBy: john thomson
The challenge is even harder in tumultuous inner-city schools, and NCLB made things worst, and not just because of the increased drill and kill. Under NCLB, administrators must make absences go away,...
View ArticleBy: Peter Skurkiss
In reading June Kronholz’s “The challenges of keeping kids in school” [Winter 2011], a thought kept popping into my mind. Namely, what good does it do to round up chronically truant kids and put them...
View ArticleBy: #1 Truant
Well I am 15 and only went to school 6 times in the last month and a half. I think I am also going to skip michigans MEAP. My reasons, well I have alot but only going to share a few so I can keep this...
View ArticleBy: Julia
These school laws do no help anyone.What about kids who have psychological issues or physical health problems? Should they be forced to attend school where they don’t fit in and are made fun of? Is...
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