| 单词 | truancy |
| 例句 | Not when he finally found a high school, his fourth, that let him graduate instead of kicking him out for drinking and fighting and chronic truancy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the school truancy officers—Recruiters, we called them—coming for us, noses to the wind, sunglasses reflecting the row of houses behind which we were nestled in our wooden dream home. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Roy didn’t think the truancy police would have an easy time tracking Mullet Fingers through the woods and mangroves, but the possibility made him anxious, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Chuck Muckle exhorted the newly arrived lawmen to arrest the protesters for trespassing, truancy, and disturbing the peace. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded as if his father intended to report Mullet Fingers for truancy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Being in law enforcement, Roy’s father probably was required to report all crimes, even truancy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "How do you do. My name is Officer Martha Pagett, and I'm from the school and truancy division of the State Department of Children and Family Services. May I come in?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The day the truancy officers came for the children of Rose Hill Plantation, I hid in the summer kitchen with Auntie Aggie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He became annoyed when I smiled and informed me that my truancy was “no laughing matter.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Also, nobody wants a truancy ticket for slapping a class that you don’t have to go to. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In those bright days of truancy we had never thought of What We Owed Devon, as the sermon this opening day exhorted us to do. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In junior high school, I became good pals with the truancy officer in the area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z That put an end to my truancy, but nothing appeared to lighten the long gloomy day that going to school became. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Eberhardt, it’s illegal for a boy your age not to be in school. The offense is called truancy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They involve truancy – or a departure from the run of the mill. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z In 1965, he had gotten kicked out of the élite Central High School, in Philadelphia, for truancy. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z When Jarvis Cocker recently materialized after an eight-year truancy to announce that he’d be singing his upcoming album from the perspective of a sentient piano, you could almost hear the sad trombone. Perspective | A hotel room more interesting than the cosmos: In praise of the downsized concept album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Under the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, Detroit police have conducted three truancy sweeps. ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z Over a period of five years, officers in Denver schools gave tickets to – or arrested – over 4,500 students for infractions such as truancy. When gun violence came to my school, the district added even more guns 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But although this could be the play's turning point, showing how a resentful Grace takes the rap for Niamh's truancy, the severance of the sisters' relationship is a long time coming. Third Finger, Left Hand – review 2013-04-05T11:00:21Z The movie is full of actual incidents from Truffaut’s childhood, including his fabricating his mother’s death as an excuse for truancy. ‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z This amazing gentleman offered to speak with him and spoke forcefully but kindly about his own experience with truancy and how it affected his life. Rant&Rave: Remembering a dear pet 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Cully and his friends are suspended for a mere two weeks, "because, officially, the principal knew about the drinking and the truancy, and nothing else." Rene Steinke's 'Friendswood' visits a town toxic in many ways 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Research suggests that chronic boredom is responsible for a profusion of negative outcomes such as overeating, gambling, truancy, antisocial behaviour, drug use, accidents, risk taking and much more. Why are we so bored? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z As the children got older she began to hear about the London world outside her flat from the older ones, with stories about drugs, violence, knife crime and truancy among their schoolfriends. Life as the spouse of a suspected al-Qaida terrorist 2013-02-20T18:40:01Z This reformatory housed youngsters who had been convicted of theft, truancy or ill-disciplined – the types of children whose parents didn't want to know, outcasts. The untold story behind "Strawberry Fields Forever" 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z She and Emhoff dated for six months before she invited him to a work function, a speech she gave about truancy. The story of Kamala and Doug, a match made in Hollywood (literally) 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z She remembers at least a couple of parents being arrested for truancy, and she remains unconvinced that they deserved this. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z The series became so popular in Japan that 300 students were arrested for truancy after they left school to purchase Dragon Quest III. Opening ceremony shines light on video game music 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Finally, a truancy officer showed up to inquire, and as a result, the family reported their home-schooling status. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z It's the story of 16-year-old Craig, a Belfast boy with a keen interest in the city's political history, and his partner in truancy Nicky, who has just moved over from England. TV highlights 30/07/2012 2012-07-29T21:00:01Z Not going to school means risking truancy, another offense that introduces girls to the criminal justice system. Girls in juvenile detention are often the victims of family violence, report finds 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The police and school administrators provided the badges to ostensibly prevent truancy and child abductions. Big Brother invades our classrooms 2012-10-08T13:10:00Z Admittedly, he was at an EU meeting, but he also has form in the matter of truancy. No one expects the austerity inquisition 2013-05-14T16:47:48Z In Austin, TX, some 1,700 students in eight high schools, with parent permission, are being outfitted with GPS devices to help cut truancy rates. Big Brother invades our classrooms 2012-10-08T13:10:00Z “I was regularly dealing with truancy issues,” said Mr. Williams, who added that he had yet to develop an interest in creative pursuits when he arrived at Overton. Opening Their Eyes to Art and Each Other 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “They tried to put me in juvenile hall for truancy, multiple times.” Marcus King, a Bluesy Rocker Who Stared Down His Own Crossroads 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But by the time the credits roll, he has been suspended from school for giving out a violent beating, and his mother is being taken to court because of his truancy. 12 O'Clock Boys: the documentary for those suffering The Wire withdrawal 2013-06-18T10:30:13Z The band members experienced the neighborhood as young men, slipping into the sort of truancy that inspired their group’s attitude and image. His Brother’s Keeper: A Ramones Tour of Queens 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z According to school authorities, these tools are being adopted not to simply increase security, but to prevent truancy, cut down on theft and even improve students’ eating habits. Big Brother invades our classrooms 2012-10-08T13:10:00Z Past research shows ESDs don't prevent classroom disruptions; in fact, they are linked to more disruptions, exclusion by peers and truancy. Does suspending kids from school harm their grades and health? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The legislation Newsom signed into law, SB 274, also will prohibit the suspension and expulsion of students due to tardiness or truancy. Hoping to lower dropout rates, Newsom bans ‘willful defiance' suspensions through high school 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z It is unlikely that parents sentenced under the new school truancy rules will end up behind bars, as in Italy jail terms of up to four years are normally not served in prison. Italy govt targets violent teens and parents in "Baby gang" crackdown 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z School avoidance is different to truancy, when a young person chooses to miss school and hides it from their parents. School avoidance: 'I was crying, screaming and shouting in the car' 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms Phillipson added increasing truancy fines for parents who don't ensure their children go to school was not the answer, One in five children regularly miss school, figures show 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Shoplifting and truancy led to O'Connor being placed in the institution for 18 months in her teens. Gaslighting and shame: Uncovering the stories of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The hourlong opera is based on the true story of Diane Tran, the teenage daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, who was jailed for truancy while working two jobs to help support her family. Seattle Opera: The true story of a teenage girl jailed for truancy 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z As our research showed, when a boil-water advisory was issued, the truancy rate in the public schools increased by up to 10 percent. The Jackson Water Crisis Didn’t Need to Happen 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z SB 274 would also prohibit the suspension and expulsion of students due to tardiness or truancy. California lawmakers consider banning 'willful defiance' suspensions from schools 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Girls running away from abusive homes: arrested for truancy. How sexually abused girls are still ending up in jails and prisons 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z And Wednesday’s hearing was just the start, as GOP members moved beyond the district’s policing bill to raise a broad range of issues including school truancy, bike lanes and abortion. House Republicans warn DC officials robust oversight coming 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Higashitani had agreed to apologize in an open session of parliament for his truancy on March 8, only to backtrack due to his fear of arrest. Japanese gossip YouTuber expelled from upper house of Japan’s parliament for failing to show up 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Jackson spent so much time at the station that he was kicked out of high school for truancy. Apple’s money and Snoop Dogg’s songs back a $1B music startup 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z “I think we’re still in the same boat,” Washington said, pointing to test scores and an ongoing truancy problem in schools. Goldson leaving a Prince George’s system still struggling to rebound from pandemic 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He and his ministry have been criticized for his response to high rates of truancy in New Zealand and failing to deliver on a raft of promises for school leavers. Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s New Leader, Hopes to Put Ardern Behind Him 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z During his first term, Racine established an office of restorative justice, as well as separate programs to lower truancy and keep kids off the streets. D.C.’s first elected AG leaves behind transformed office, unfinished fights 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Some analysts point to blighted neighborhoods, high levels of truancy and other measures of social disunity as factors. Bad neighborhoods: 1% of counties responsible for 42% of America’s murders 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The return to in-person schooling between the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years was accompanied by higher rates of absenteeism and truancy, federal education data shows. D.C. sees bump in high school grad rates, but absenteeism also rises 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z But the stress of the move and the truancy case had taken a toll. The “death penalty” of child welfare: In six months or less, some parents lose their kids forever 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z For a system now dealing with more violent youths, that regional model can result in a juvenile charged with murder being housed next to someone held for truancy, Beshear said. Kentucky to operate high-security juvenile detention centers 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But the program, designed in part to curb truancy, has been challenged for years by low participation. Metro’s focus on fare evasion vexes District’s youngest riders 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Among the many remarkable aspects of the Astros’ playoff run, particularly their sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, is his relative offensive truancy this October. Jose Altuve, Astros thrive on impatience to seize Game 2 of World Series 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z He also said the police dedicated a “significant” amount of overtime resources in recent weeks, with school resource officers conducting truancy sweeps to ensure that students were in school during daytime hours. Prince George’s juvenile curfew enforcement will extend to end of year 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z School resource officers conducted truancy sweeps to ensure youth were in school during daytime hours and not getting into trouble, he said. Pr. George’s curfew crackdown ending Wednesday; 4 violations issued 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In 2019, roughly 60,000 children were referred to juvenile court for truancy, and about 500 were removed from their homes because of truancy charges. Young and Homeless in Rural America 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z While problematic truancy should be addressed, there is no less realistic notion for the rest of one’s life than the idea of “perfect attendance.” Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z District administrators, teachers and students had reported the discriminatory practices, which took the forms of suspensions, expulsions, and truancy and law enforcement citations, according to a department statement. Black students more harshly disciplined in Victor Valley high schools, feds say 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Teachers have reported that, after joining the City Ranch program, their students show higher academic achievement and lower truancy, Dahn says. Teaching the next generation of Black horseback riders 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “One of the first kids we worked with had a terrible truancy problem,” said Amy Fass, CEO of Shoes That Fit, the California group giving away thousands of high-end shoes to D.C. kids last week. Perspective | Are $100 sneakers a way to cut truancy? These folks think so. 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Many advocates think criminalizing or otherwise punishing truancy only worsens the underlying issues that cause students to miss school in the first place. Young and Homeless in Rural America 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z In addition, he launched and vastly expanded a program in middle schools to tackle truancy before it becomes an ingrained habit for preteens and younger adolescents. Opinion | The Post endorses John McCarthy for Montgomery County State’s Attorney 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Ministers have encouraged councils not to issue fines for truancy during the pandemic, but due to concerns over absences councils are returning to the advice that was in place before the pandemic. Schools: Caution urged on fines for children's absences 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The truancies have delayed consideration of a slew of President Biden’s administrative appointees. Senate business continues to stall because of COVID-19 absences 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The investigation also found that police had issued more than 1,800 tickets for truancy across at least 40 municipalities. The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Last summer, people working on truancy programs for King County Superior Court also tried to find missing students — about 1,700 from five participating districts, according to Jennie Tibbitts, one of the staffers involved. Keeping kids in school during the pandemic has been tough. In WA, at least 29,000 can’t be found. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Some of those measures — such as severe criminal penalties for alcohol possession and cuts to welfare for school truancy — remain in place. A White policeman, an Aboriginal teen and the murder trial gripping Australia 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z To address absentee concerns, Portantino’s proposal requires that at least half of any new funds schools receive under the new policy be put toward combating chronic absenteeism and truancy. California lawmakers may stop tying K-12 schools' funding to daily attendance 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z By law, children held for such minor acts as truancy were to appear before a judge within 24 hours and be released no more than a day after that. Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist, adults in charge face few consequences 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Police and school officials in the city of Harvard, near the Wisconsin border, have worked together to issue 105 truancy tickets since the law went into effect. The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The pandemic has brought renewed emphasis to that approach and prompted the court to start a new program to support struggling students before a truancy petition is filed. Keeping kids in school during the pandemic has been tough. In WA, at least 29,000 can’t be found. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Some parents have said they are willing to take their children out of class and risk truancy fines if Covid cases rise now pupils are back in schools. Covid: Parents to 'risk truancy fines' if school cases rise 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Madlala responded to his employee’s truancy as many bosses would: He got a shovel and went to dig. A Diamond Rush in South Africa, Born of Desperation and Distrust 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Four years later she declared that even kids accused of minor violations like truancy must be taken into custody and transported to jail. Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist, adults in charge face few consequences 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Sixteen truancy tickets were issued to Harvard high school students on March 1 alone. The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Without consequences like truancy petitions, Dorsey said, students lost the sense of urgency to wake up and attend class. Keeping kids in school during the pandemic has been tough. In WA, at least 29,000 can’t be found. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The reintroduction of truancy fines for parents who repeatedly keep their children off school is being reviewed after it was suspended during Covid. Covid: Parents to 'risk truancy fines' if school cases rise 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The usual truancy rules, in which the school must report to CPS any unexplained absence of more than six consecutive days, didn’t apply based on new state guidelines. AP Exclusive: Pandemic means far fewer eyes on kids’ welfare 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Yet it’s often truancy rules that introduce students to the juvenile justice system in the first place as many states rely on courts and criminal sanctions – including incarceration – to enforce attendance rules. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z "It is illegal and it shouldn't be happening," said Eve Rips, a former Loyola University ChildLaw Clinic fellow who has studied Illinois' 2018 truancy law. The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Because school is now in person, truancy petitions can be filed again. Keeping kids in school during the pandemic has been tough. In WA, at least 29,000 can’t be found. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Its teachers have been trained to spot trauma cues on screens, school psychologists have been working overtime and truancy officers have been tasked with conducting wellness checks, the Times reports. Las Vegas schools pushing to get students back quickly following rise in suicides, report says 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z More than 60 bills related to K-12 schools are in the works already, including proposals to maximize the role of school counselors, change truancy policies and reopen school buildings. Legislators in Washington state sink their teeth into pandemic-era issues for schools 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Nationally, students of color are disproportionately referred to court for truancy compared to their white classmates. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z For years in East Peoria, students were ticketed for truancy by the school's truancy officer, who is not a police officer but had been given a book of police tickets. The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Three areas of focus will be on mental health and well-being; reengagement and truancy; and academic success and achievement, he said during the state’s biweekly virus briefing. Some Dartmouth students to return; rapid tests at RI airport 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z “Our schools are continually working with social workers, truancy officers, their counselors to track down every student,” Stegall said. More than 10,000 North Carolina students unaccounted for 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Their truancy prompted an end to that shutdown. President Trump signs COVID relief, spending bill averting shutdown. So what happens now? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z “That wasn’t really making a dent in the truancy problem and, in fact, we saw that was leading students to not get licensed to drive,” she said. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The agency said it's not a list of those who may become "prolific offenders" but rather a list of those at risk for truancy, mental health issues, self-harm, substance abuse and crime. Florida sheriff's office keeps secret list of students it believes will 'fall into a life of crime' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “He was still doing the work, and I contacted the school several times about the wifi, but they still sent me a truancy letter.” Welfare checks and hotspots: how a school district is fighting to keep kids in class amid Covid 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Her homeroom teacher mentioned the organization was looking for young people to participate in a truancy campaign to target the high rates of absenteeism in the city. Maryland group offers students media, career training 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Much of her focus was on issues like elementary school truancy, same-sex marriage rights and consumer privacy. How Does Harris View Big Business? Her Time as California’s Top Lawyer Offers Clues 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Some parents would like to see truancy rules taking into account the pandemic’s devastating toll on youth mental health. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Still, Dr. Wright said she felt strongly about returning to normal truancy rules this school year. As Schools Go Remote, Finding ‘Lost’ Students Gets Harder 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “Last year our truancy letters were very blame-y and sounded like we were collecting a bill,” he said. Welfare checks and hotspots: how a school district is fighting to keep kids in class amid Covid 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z But with concerns about coronavirus, truancy fines will not be issued if pupils do not attend at the start of the school year. School non-attendance fines 'will be reviewed' 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this summer, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said parents who did not send their children to school in England in September would be penalised with truancy fines. Coronavirus: Morning update 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In one suburban Pennsylvania town, a mother blames her teenage son’s truancy on debilitating depression that appeared at the beginning of the pandemic. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Earlier this summer, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that parents who did not send their children to school in September would be penalised with truancy fines. Ditch truancy fines, say doctors as pupils return 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “I turned into a truancy officer,” Clark said. Graduation shows connections matter, even with online school 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z That law prohibits the incarceration of youth for noncriminal offenses such as truancy, a failure to attend school. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z As state’s attorney, Alsobrooks also focused on truancy but took a different approach, sending prosecutors into middle schools with high rates of absenteeism to meet weekly with students. Why this Black, female politician considers Sen. Kamala Harris a ‘quintessential big sister’ 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z The end result, she worries, will be a fine under the state truancy law. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In 1966, she spent six months in a San Mateo juvenile hall for truancy. Miss Mercy, longtime L.A. rock fixture and cofounder of Frank Zappa's GTOs, dies at 71 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Schools prioritize punitive policies, she said, like truancy and tardiness. Teaching changed almost instantly due to COVID-19. How long will it take to revolutionize equity in education? 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z State officials and advocates weren’t aware of any truancy cases that were pursued because kids didn’t participate in coursework last spring while buildings were closed. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z To start, parents may need to officially withdraw a child from school to avoid truancy charges. Not Everyone Hates School at Home 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z In Pennsylvania, officials with child protective services said they’ve been overwhelmed by the volume of truancy referrals. Her son missed remote school – so police showed up with a $439 fine 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Some of it involved her truancy policy as a district attorney, which threatened criminal charges against parents of truant students. Racial tragedies add to pressure on Joe Biden to create a racially balanced ticket 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Earlier generations linked dances such as the lindy hop and the jitterbug to miscegenation and truancy and general wildness; they outlawed dancing altogether. Op-Ed: We all need to shake off the pandemic, literally 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z By no later than the student’s seventh unexcused absence, the law requires districts to file a truancy petition with a juvenile court. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z There are more than 48,000 children incarcerated in the United States on any given day, some as young as 8, many for “status offenses” such as truancy or homelessness. Opinion | To flatten the curve, free some prisoners. Please. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z There was a crackdown on truancy; today families are called if their children don’t turn up to school. 'People think it's magic': how one of Brazil's poorest cities gets its best school results 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z One common scenario of dual status youth is truancy combined with parental issues at home, Traynor said. North Dakota juvenile court program looks to improve 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z The team checked missing persons files, care home, hospital and truancy records. How the net closed on Oxford's grooming gang 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Some counties, including King, stopped detaining kids for truancy ahead of the law’s implementation in July 2021. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Girls who play sports are also associated with the ability to form strong social bonds, decreases in truancy, and increases in academic performance. Athletics helps girls fight back against food insecurity. 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z She calls for increasing social services that help young people stay out of prison, decriminalizing truancy and relying on counselors and teachers rather than police officers in schools. Trump and 2020 Democrats brand themselves criminal justice reformers 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Not much later, the police picked up Khiel for truancy and brought him home. They Shared a Bunk Bed Growing Up. Both Were Killed by the Police. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Under the project, local authorities identify and support families in England with multiple problems, including domestic abuse, unemployment, mental health problems and truancy. Troubled Families scheme extended for further year 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z But truancy isn’t the only way that kids get sent to jail for missing class. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Eight had recently experienced a relationship break-up, while six had experienced issues with attendance at school and truancy. 'Complex' picture leading to young suicides 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z City schools also saw a nearly 8.5% increase over the last four years in truancy, defined as 10 or more days of unexcused absences. D.C. Council weighs rise in school absenteeism, truancy 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The District will similarly reap the long-term benefits of investing in birth-to-3 through improved educational outcomes, lower truancy and juvenile crime, increased job opportunities for parents and an overall reduction in poverty. Opinion | D.C. reaped benefits of expanded preschool. Now we must focus on even younger children. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z But here, doubts often center on what she did as district attorney and attorney general, when she sought to combat truancy by punishing parents whose children regularly missed school. What Does Oakland Think of Kamala Harris Now? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z That process falls outside of truancy — but it’s how the Michigan teen was jailed. Can kids in Washington state be found truant for not showing up to online school? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Rourke would also decriminalize truancy, institute a federal ban on corporal punishment in schools, and dedicate $500 billion toward a fund designed to eliminate funding disparities in schools based on race and income. Beto O’Rourke releases plan to overhaul ‘racist’ criminal justice system 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z D.C. lawmakers on Thursday reviewed strategies to combat chronic absenteeism and truancy, following a report last week that showed an increase in students cutting classes in the District. D.C. Council weighs rise in school absenteeism, truancy 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z He would end incarceration for children who drink or engage in other behaviors that would be legal if they were older, such as truancy or curfew violations. Trump, Democrats to address criminal justice reforms at South Carolina forum 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z To break the “school to prison pipeline,” Mr. Castro proposed ideas such as decriminalizing truancy by expanding the number of full-time case workers. Pete Buttigieg’s ‘power for women’ plan guarantees abortion rights 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z She has called for social services that help young people stay out of prison, including decriminalizing truancy and relying on counselors and teachers rather than police officers in schools. Factbox: The policies fueling liberal Senator Warren's presidential campaign 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But by the early 1890s truancy was a problem and attendance was falling short at 82%, according to Parliament records. Why does the school year start in September? 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Warren targets the controversial 1994 crime bill, which Biden helped write, as well as school truancy, an issue which Harris took a firm approach to as a prosecutor in California. Elizabeth Warren's criminal justice reform plan takes aim at both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z She has called for increasing social services that help young people stay out of prison, decriminalizing truancy and relying on counselors and teachers rather than police officers in schools. Trump, Democrats to address criminal justice reforms at South Carolina forum 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Warren also promised to “decriminalize truancy” for students, establishing a difference between her and Harris. Warren takes aim at crime policies once embraced by Biden, Harris and Booker 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The office is keeping track of how many students are participating in this program, how many mentorship sessions are completed and changes in grades and truancy for the students. D.C. Mayor’s Office on Men, Fathers and Boys aims to create positive male role models 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Harris established a truancy court, and by 2009 had prosecuted twenty parents; eventually, she says, the rate of truancy in the district dropped thirty-two per cent. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Supporting the decriminalization of truancy, Warren advocates for "positive behavior interventions" over punishments. Elizabeth Warren's criminal justice reform plan takes aim at both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z To punish him for high school truancy in 1999, Tennessee officials told him he would not be able to legally drive until he turned 21. Fines, jail, probation, debt: Court policies punish the poor 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z But the former prosecutor has been criticized for tough-on-crime policies such as a truancy law that jailed parents if their children skipped school. Trump joins Democrats in taking aim at Biden on 1994 crime bill 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z "We will also decriminalize truancy," O'Rourke tweeted as part of a thread describing how he would address racial injustice. Beto O'Rourke pledges to decriminalize truancy, address fines on parents 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z “They remember it. That was an element in my school truancy initiative.” Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Harris' presidential campaign courted controversy after a video resurfaced in January, which appears to show the former prosecutor bragging about a truancy crackdown while serving as district attorney in San Francisco. Elizabeth Warren's criminal justice reform plan takes aim at both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Rochester Public Schools has strong policies and procedures against truancy, but we fear that those policies are not always promptly enforced. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z This week, Finnegan wrote, Harris expressed regret for a truancy law that had been one of her signature achievements as California attorney general. Impeachment: Mueller report revives the issue. Some Democrats wish it would go away 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z He argued that truancy and other aspects of the education system disproportionately affected people of color. Beto O'Rourke pledges to decriminalize truancy, address fines on parents 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z However, under a state law that Harris sponsored in 2010, truancy became a criminal misdemeanor. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z "I believe a child going without an education is tantamount to a crime. So I decided I was going to start prosecuting parents for truancy," Harris says in the video. Elizabeth Warren's criminal justice reform plan takes aim at both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z While district attorney of San Francisco, Harris tried to combat waning school attendance by criminalizing truancy. It’s Mueller time, at last 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Speaking on the podcast “Pod Save America,” Sen. Harris said the law was never intended to punish parents for their child’s chronic truancy, but rather to get students on the right track in the classroom. Kamala Harris admits 'unintended consequences' in anti-truancy law while she was California AG 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Each year, she sent a letter to every San Francisco parent of public school students, warning them of potential prosecution for truancy. Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Last year, several schools in Guizhou and Guangxi provinces introduced "smart uniforms" embedded with computer chips to monitor students, to help parents and teachers keep track of student activities from truancy to napping in class. China city pulls smartwatch snooping 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z In a recent NPR interview, Harris said her truancy initiative was not designed to punish vulnerable families, but "put a spotlight" on the problem and direct resources to needy families. Rhetoric vs. reality: Kamala Harris’ progressive platform undercut by prosecutor past 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In a recent NPR interview, Harris said her truancy initiative was not designed to punish vulnerable families, but “put a spotlight” on the problem and direct resources to needy families. Harris’ call for reform collide with her prosecutor past 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Under the project, local authorities identify and support families with multiple problems including domestic abuse, unemployment, mental health problems and truancy. Troubled Families project could be renamed 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Robert Dempsie, an assistant district attorney in Tulare County, said he recalled Harris twice presenting the truancy law at meetings of the state district attorney’s association. Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Fifty years later, I struggle to think of an event that would justify truancy today. To move research from quantity to quality, go beyond good intentions 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z But Harris' legacy remains on the state's books: She pushed a state-wide truancy law modeled after her San Francisco program. Rhetoric vs. reality: Kamala Harris’ progressive platform undercut by prosecutor past 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But Harris’s legacy remains on the state’s books: She authored a state-wide truancy law modeled after her San Francisco program. Harris’ call for reform collide with her prosecutor past 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The most common status offenses include running away from home, truancy and possession or consumption of alcohol. Stop locking up teen girls for nonviolent offenses 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z She recommended imprisonment for truancy only in the most extreme cases, he said. Kamala Harris regrets California truancy law that led to arrest of some parents 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Authorities say Slack was arrested last summer when Shreveport police and parish sheriff’s deputies were executing warrants for parents who failed to appear in court for truancy matters. Louisiana mother gets jail time for children missing school 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Harris looked at the problem of perpetual truancy and believed she ought to start locking up parents. Kamala Harris laughed about jailing parents over truancy. But it's not funny | Nathan Robinson 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z "So I decided I was going to start prosecuting parents for truancy." Sen. Kamala Harris gloats about the truancy policies she imposed as a prosecutor in resurfaced video 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z In a 2010 video, Sen. Kamala Harris, who at the time was California’s attorney general, described with self-satisfaction how being tough on truancy got results when she was San Francisco’s district attorney. 2010 video shows Kamala Harris boasting about prosecuting parents, including homeless mom with two jobs, whose kids missed classes 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Kamala Harris at an event hosted by the Commonwealth Club in 2010, explaining her decision as San Francisco DA to get tough on truancy. Kamala Harris: resurfaced video on truancy prosecutions sparks backlash 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Equally important, there is no empirical evidence that incarcerating parents for truancy is an effective strategy for increasing school attendance. Will Kamala Harris have the support of black women? Don't assume that | Shanita Hubbard 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Even if it succeeds in reducing truancy rates, it inflicts yet more burdens on the most vulnerable people in society. Kamala Harris laughed about jailing parents over truancy. But it's not funny | Nathan Robinson 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Among the many policies now drawing renewed scrutiny, Harris’s approach to sex work, police reform, prisoners’ rights and truancy reveal the tensions between her record in law enforcement and her current progressive rhetoric. Kamala Harris: can a 'top cop' win over progressives in 2020? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Laughing, Harris said she wanted to scare parents by sending prosecutors who worked on gang and murder cases to meet with them about their children’s truancy. 2010 video shows Kamala Harris boasting about prosecuting parents, including homeless mom with two jobs, whose kids missed classes 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Critics of truancy crackdowns say such efforts unfairly target poor parents and children without actually helping students. Kamala Harris: resurfaced video on truancy prosecutions sparks backlash 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z There is however, evidence that while truancy is an issue faced in many schools in America, families most impacted by harsh enforcements are those with low incomes and students of color. Will Kamala Harris have the support of black women? Don't assume that | Shanita Hubbard 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z While she said she supported the strike, Ms. Aguilar wanted to avoid creating a truancy record for her younger children, in kindergarten and third grade. L.A. Teachers Strike for First Time in 30 Years, the Nation’s Largest School Walkout 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The way Harris had framed truancy as the individual fault of poor parents, Nanda said, fed into old, ugly stereotypes about poor families and families of color. Kamala Harris: can a 'top cop' win over progressives in 2020? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z School police do not plan to issue citations for minor infractions such as jaywalking and truancy unless someone’s life is in danger. LAUSD teachers' strike: 5 things you need to know 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In her 2010 speech, Harris noted that one of the parents prosecuted for truancy was a single mother of three, who was homeless and working two jobs. Kamala Harris: resurfaced video on truancy prosecutions sparks backlash 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Yes, they were deceiving their parents and their school, but what they were up to sounds like the tamest of truancies. May I Cut My Daughter Out of My Life? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “When the conversation shifts, one should be expected to be questioned about those choices,” Chatfield said, noting among other issues Harris’s advocacy for tougher truancy laws. Eyeing 2020, Harris addresses prosecutorial past in memoir 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z No parents have ever been arrested or jailed for truancy in San Francisco, during Harris’ time or after, according to a prosecutor who still works on the issue in the current district attorney’s office. Kamala Harris: can a 'top cop' win over progressives in 2020? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The Office of the State Superintendent of Education handles a variety of issues involving traditional and public charter schools, including truancy, academic standards and graduation requirements. D.C. Mayor Bowser to reappoint Police Chief Newsham, Superintendent Kang 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Fearing that the truancy drove up crime and created loitering and shoplifting problems for shop owners, Braveboy decided to investigate. She used to chase down teens to figure out why they skipped school. Now she wants to help them as Pr. George’s top prosecutor. 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Bullying, test scores, aging facilities, drugs, truancy - the list of challenges facing our public schools seems to be endless and eternal. California Editorial Rdp 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z He returned after just a day and, as Decker writes, truancy hardly sounds like an unprecedented crime for a fourteen-year-old. Hermann Hesse’s Arrested Development 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z She credited the overall truancy strategy with a 33% increase in attendance at San Francisco schools. Kamala Harris: can a 'top cop' win over progressives in 2020? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z In truancy court, you have to pay a fine if your kid has skipped too many days of school. America’s Other Family-Separation Crisis 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z They could be asked to report early warning signs of someone at risk of falling into a life of violent crime, such as truancy, aggression, anti-social behaviour or substance misuse. Middle-class drug users 'to be targeted' 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He was hospitalized three times for psychiatric issues and had repeated school suspensions, expulsions and truancies much of his life. 'This kid had an impact on people': The troubled life and fleeting potential of Laquan McDonald 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Lower courts have expanded the rationale of that 2007 opinion well beyond the drug context to include student speech that schools fear may have unwanted “psychological effects” or prompt “an upsurge in truancy.” Opinion | Do Public School Students Have Constitutional Rights? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Children learn from what they see around them, and if what they mainly experience is violence, abuse, truancy and no expectations for success, their chances for a wholesome future are compromised from the start. What Twins Can Teach Us About Nature vs. Nurture 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Don Letts made a video of us by the Thames in which a truancy officer chases us, trying to get us into school. How we made Musical Youth's Pass the Dutchie 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Regarding the June 23 Metro article “District to move away from tough truancy rules”: Opinion | A harmful reaction to a long-standing problem 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z More than 60 percent of child offenders are being held for nonviolent offenses like drugs, theft or even violations that only apply to minors, like curfew violations, underage drinking and truancy. Family Separation: It’s a Problem for U.S. Citizens, Too 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z This is surely a vast underestimate; cases are often recorded as simple truancy. In Tanzania, getting impregnated also means getting expelled from school 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “Suspensions are important to look at because, at the root level, kids need to be in front of teachers to progress academically,” said Chuck Tompkins, director of the district’s school climate, discipline and truancy office. Black students disproportionately suspended in Oklahoma City 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The students attend one of 11 schools participating in the D.A.’s truancy reduction program. Perfect attendance equals bikes for students in Memphis area 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The truancy policy that was implemented retroactively was harmful and a reactionary move to a long-standing D.C. Opinion | A harmful reaction to a long-standing problem 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Instead, she sits in an office in Brooklyn, ostensibly working with five truancy sites, though she says she feels she has been warehoused. A New Principal Pushes for Change. Then the Investigations Start. 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z There are no nationwide statistics for truancy rates in Germany, but the figure is estimated at around 200,000 pupils a day. German police to check on children at airports in truancy crackdown 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk pleaded not guilty this month to misdemeanor child endangerment and charges related to truancy. Couple: Desert living situation unconventional, not abusive 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Its programs include plans to fight truancy, as well as restorative-justice efforts focused on helping young people to avoid falling deeper into the criminal-justice system. Opinion | A D.C. student wanted to be the first black FBI director. He was stabbed to death instead. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The summer before seventh grade, he moved to Longview and briefly attended middle school before being expelled for truancy. From felon to star student | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z “The children who come here used to have academic and truancy problems,” Mr. Hughes told The Post. Eugene Hughes, who led boxing academy for young Washingtonians, dies at 80 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Kirk and Panico now face three misdemeanor charges of willful cruelty to a child and three misdemeanor charges of failure to address truancy. Joshua Tree couple no longer facing felony child abuse charges 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Manhattan Institute senior fellow Max Eden cited an analysis released in December by the Philadelphia public schools showing that truancy rates, after ticking down for years, have skyrocketed, along with “serious misbehavior and declining achievement.” Obama school discipline directive fueling classroom chaos 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Regarding the March 7 front-page article about D.C. graduation rates, “Crackdown on truancy imperils graduations,” and the March 9 Metro article about Prince George’s County schools, “Rivals tell Baker to fire schools executive ”: Opinion | Graduates who didn’t meet academic requirements should have their diplomas revoked 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The council’s education committee held multiple hearings to address schools’ high truancy rates. Data did the talking. Education got lost in the noise. 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Here’s how it works: Students who get in trouble for less serious offenses such as truancy or minor fights are referred by the assistant principal to student court. Students are judge and jury at St. Louis high school 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The main concerns are drug dealers and also truancy. Global school security measures vary, but no arming teachers 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z The Public Education Department also highlighted other programs the agency believes will help improve the graduation rate, including hiring more school personnel called “coaches” to focus on keeping students in school and reducing truancy. New Mexico high school graduation rate holds steady 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z And public school kids striking would be all the more moving than university students: Because of truancy laws, high schoolers risk real legal discipline for striking. Opinion | The best strategy for the Parkland students: Go on strike 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The citation would require parents and students to appear before the truancy court. Portage officials to establish truancy court 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The measure was aimed at addressing chronic truancy caused by students who couldn’t afford the fares to get to school. Metro wants to switch D.C. students’ ride passes to SmarTrip cards. It’s not as easy as it sounds. 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The council members asked why high truancy rates and low standardized test scores didn’t prompt more scrutiny as the city celebrated increasing graduation rates in recent years. D.C. superintendent of education says her office is cooperating with federal probe 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Madison’s school district, for example, plans to use its grant to start a middle school alternative education program for at-risk students aimed at reducing dropout and truancy rates. State gives grants to encourage schools to collaborate 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z We hear about troubling truancy, chronic absenteeism, grading inconsistencies, the widening achievement gap. Opinion | Teen’s senseless death shines light on a connected school family 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The truancy court would be a first in Porter County. Portage officials to establish truancy court 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z In 1969 he was expelled from his Jesuit-run secondary school Wimbledon College in southwest London, for what he politely describes as "truancy". From school truant to pizza multi-millionaire 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Council passed the South Capitol Street Tragedy Memorial Act of 2011, which called for stricter and earlier enforcement of truancy, and better mental health screening. Is D.C.’s ‘80/20’ attendance rule unfair to students? 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z One Ballou student told WAMU-NPR she ignored calls and letters about her absences until administrators threatened to send her to court for truancy. Perspective | The only way to fix bad high schools is to start over 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z But what's most surprising is where truancy was at its highest. School attendance and absence: the facts 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Through slashing school truancy, infant and maternal mortality, and old-age poverty, she argued, Morales has “definitively changed the everyday reality of Bolivians”. Evo for ever? Bolivia scraps term limits as critics blast 'coup' to keep Morales in power 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z As part of the licence agreement, the station works to train marginalised youths in broadcasting skills, at times working with those with special educational needs and histories of truancy. When dubstep left the underground 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “Our lenient approach to attendance and our willingness to accept truancy, it’s almost permission for failure,” Catania said in an interview this month. Is D.C.’s ‘80/20’ attendance rule unfair to students? 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Changes in Texas law decriminalizing truancy, establishing campus administrative remedies and sending cases to municipal court as a last resort had a major impact on the workload in the justice of the peace courts. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z While high deprivation indicators based on health, crime, education and crucially income are commonly linked to high truancy, a closer look shows this isn't necessarily the case. School attendance and absence: the facts 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s truancy docket was the fifth prosecuted this year by the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office as part of an ongoing partnership with Las Cruces Public Schools and the Gadsden Independent School District. 12 Dona Ana County parents convicted on truancy charges 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z In Los Angeles County, interventions are triggered when children exhibit certain warning signs, such as chronic truancy or substance abuse. 'One false move and you're done': how US cities are changing for runaway kids 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Initial data showed truancy rates for D.C. public school students decreasing after the regulations were implemented. Is D.C.’s ‘80/20’ attendance rule unfair to students? 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z They also evaluated students’ academic performances and truancy rates. Recovery high school idea grows with substance use disorder 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z I highly recommend this little bit of truancy. The Top 10 Moments of London Fashion Week 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Serious truancy was the major precursor to leaving school, and 70 percent of the youths interviewed fit into this “slow faders” category. New book uncovers surprising answers to why students drop out 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The CDC recommended that agencies share information such as school truancy records, child welfare reports and emergency room visits to identify minors who need help earlier in life to avoid violence later. Delaware city struggles as a gun plague afflicts its youth 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The truancy rate bumped back up to 26 percent last year. Is D.C.’s ‘80/20’ attendance rule unfair to students? 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z This marks a departure from the past practice of tracking only truancy, or unexcused absences. When Is it O.K. to Play Hooky With Your Children? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z And she spun her truancy into an announcement about her upcoming single, "Younger Now." Miley Cyrus explains absence from Teen Choice Awards with plug for new single 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Step 3: Serious truancy, where earlier skipping mushrooms into repeated class-cutting or entire days missed. New book uncovers surprising answers to why students drop out 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Kilmartin, who represented several church families in a truancy case that the state dropped, said the state became obsessed. Editorials from around New England 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Under Zaki, test scores rose, truancy dropped from 30 percent to 1 percent, and suspensions fell by more than half, according to his citation for the award. Undocumented suspensions persisted in D.C. schools despite repeated alerts 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z She highlighted her much-criticized approach to reduce truancy among children in San Francisco by “being the bad guy” and deciding “to start prosecuting parents for truancy”. Could Kamala Harris revive the fractured Democratic party for the 2020 election? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z San Antonio’s decadeslong focus and innovative strategies on fighting truancy have reaped great rewards. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Ferrer represented the student who was referred to truancy court for racking up unexcused absences when she was suspended. Some D.C. high schools are reporting only a fraction of suspensions 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z These state laws - some more than a century old - began as a tool to fight truancy. Several states moving to expand age kids must be in school 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z When they reached 15 unexcused absences, he was supposed to refer them to truancy court — but he refused, he said, because he didn’t think it was right. Undocumented suspensions persisted in D.C. schools despite repeated alerts 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “Our biggest outcome is reduced truancy,” she says. Fayetteville club aims to teach students skills for life 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The Texas Legislature took note and two years ago decriminalized truancy in Texas in an attempt to replicate Bexar County’s system statewide. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z In at least one case, a suspended student was wrongly marked “unexcused absent” so many times that she was summoned to truancy court, according to her lawyer. Some D.C. high schools are reporting only a fraction of suspensions 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The bills would require school boards to include sufficient data about truancy, chronic absences and disciplinary absences in their annual expulsion reports. Michigan Senate approves bills aimed at curbing truancy 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z A coalition of groups on Monday asked the court to expand that requirement to children facing lesser charges, such as shoplifting or truancy. Ohio Supreme Court asked to expand juveniles’ legal rights 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z In an interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, Mosley revealed that the No. 1 law he wishes to repeal is truancy laws. An Arizona Republican state lawmaker wants to eliminate compulsory public education 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Some parents erroneously thought decriminalization meant no one was going to enforce truancy laws and truancy went up initially. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The aim is to discover the problem causing truancy and deal with it. Abuse often at root of truancy, officials say 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Such calls would be for inappropriate supervision, unsafe or unsanitary living conditions, truancy or substance abuse by the parent. County using algorithm to assist in child welfare screening 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z We can even use big data to help us tackle education challenges, so we can understand the specific triggers behind dropping out, truancy and reading problems. Text of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Bueche and others also said the agencies are constrained by state laws, frequently outdated, that hold parents financially responsible for their children’s transgressions, ranging from truancy and curfew violations to shoplifting to murder. Your child’s been sent to jail. And then comes the bill. 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z No amount of community service or fines will resolve some of the issues that truancy officers encounter. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes, the signs are more subtle and it is the school truancy officer who discovers abuse. Abuse often at root of truancy, officials say 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen became part of the daily life of the school - and truancy rates were lowered and academic results improved. Halle Orchestra plans to open Stoke-on-Trent school - BBC News 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In this inner city neighbourhood, some children battle with a plethora of problems at both home and school, leading to truancy, high rates of teenage pregnancy, self harm and homelessness. London's inner city riding school - BBC News 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Infractions that qualify would include minor wrongs like excessive tardiness, truancy, vandalism and battery. Valparaiso schools looking at ‘Teen Court’ discipline effort 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The new positions will allow the city to concentrate on problem areas, such as truancy that starts in the lower grades, migrates to middle schools and then ends up in high school, the judge said. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z And on Monday it will host about 250 middle- and high-school families in a class about truancy and its impact on a student’s academic progress. Who’s robocalling kids who miss a lot of school? A Seahawk 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In an interview, District Judge Butler talked about the underlying issues of most truancy. Stories from the bench: Life plays out in District Court 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The minimum age for truancy would increase accordingly. Lawmakers look to encourage attendance, lower dropout rate 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z One evening, Leonard invited Moorehead to tag along to a countywide meeting on truancy. Once she skipped school; now she helps others thrive 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The state grant will more than double the number of truancy caseworkers on the city’s payroll. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z For 15 years, he was a D.C. public schools hearing officer, hearing cases involving truancy and disciplinary issues with students. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z That included truancy and the occasional theft and no concerns about securing money in illicit ways. Exiting a Bad Road Onto a Hopeful Path 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The division’s duties include overseeing the adjudication of juveniles in Family Court, prosecuting child dependency and neglect cases, securing and enforcing child support orders and enforcing truancy laws. Layton to head Del. Department of Justice’s Family Division 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z His mother scolded him for his truancy, but it was not enough to improve his attendance. Inquisitive Child Inspires Her Tutor to Start a New Path 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Sandoval cited Jones’ work as a court-ordered mediator and arbitrator with experience working with at-risk youth as a Family Court truancy diversion judge. Nevada governor names Vegas lawyer to state court vacancy 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z At the time, Treviño told commissioners he needed the deputies to work in schools fighting truancy or inhalant abuse. Harris County reserve deputies add to law enforcement force 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Washington’s weak truancy law is more likely to send kids to court than back to the classroom. Kids don’t learn when they’re not showing up to school 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The advent of drug, veteran, domestic violence, truancy and mental health dockets in Kansas led to a judicial commission’s call in 2013 for establishment of guidelines to promote consistency. Advocates of Kansas’ mental health courts say lives improved 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z As happy playground shrieks drifted through the windows, she faced TV cameras to unveil her fourth annual report on chronic school truancy. Meet Kamala Harris 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill to ban schools from suspending or expelling students solely because of truancy or unexcused absences. Toledo schools aim to reduce student suspensions, expulsions 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The reports detailed his history of special education classes and school truancies, as well as 26 juvenile arrests, psychiatric hospitalizations and medical diagnoses, including post-traumatic stress disorder from childhood traumas. 2 years later, Laquan McDonald shooting leaves a trail of change 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Former Prime Minister David Cameron said it would "turn around" the lives of the hardest-to-reach families in England, including those suffering or causing problems such as domestic violence, worklessness, truancy and crime. Troubled families scheme 'shows really good results' - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z And in a district of 20,000 mostly poor kids, a single truancy officer was employed to ensure they attended class. Highline struggles with fallout after limiting student suspensions 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Chronic truancy is much more common among black children, moreover. Meet Kamala Harris 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z But he said the truancy officer cleared that up for him soon enough. Daytona native who died at Dozier school honored 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z As an administrator, he made domestic violence and school truancy police priorities after scrutinizing the department’s responses and their consequences. John F. Timoney, Police Official Who Tackled Crime in 3 Cities, Dies at 68 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z In the first year, teachers' salaries and requirements were raised, special programs were added for both gifted and remedial students, attendance is up, truancy down. Racial, partisan divides shape American views of poverty and the poor 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The records show repeated school suspensions, expulsions, truancies and several drug possession arrests. Officer’s lawyers seek shooting victim’s juvenile records 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Backers say the school will offer a lifeline to students who are homeless, children of parents with addictions and those with a history of truancy and other problems. Statewide boarding school for troubled students on the way 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z They focused on a key areas, including teacher recruitment and retention, and strategies for addressing truancy, poor academic performance and low graduation rates. Republican lawmakers target urban schools for more aid 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Some of the arresting officers had seen him just the day before, at a truancy programme where he was counselling young people as part of his ONS fellowship. A radical approach to gun crime: paying people not to kill each other | Jason Motlagh 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z School officials say truancy is up and grade averages are down. Racial, partisan divides shape American views of poverty and the poor 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z There is money—Evie’s grandmother was a well-known film actress—and listless truancy. Cults and Carnage in the Summer of ’69 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Rooney’s most epic of fails is one of the film’s best sequences, in which the dean believes he has caught his enemy in the act of truancy at a pizza arcade. ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ celebrates 30th anniversary at FerrisFest in Chicago 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Now, school districts, including Seattle and Tacoma, are working to get their truancy boards ready in time for the 2017-18 school year. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Kiva Sam, who grew up on Pine Ridge and works for Teach for America on the reservation, says the tribe doesn’t bother to impose truancy laws. Changing an NFL Team’s Name Won’t Fix Indian Schools 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Last year, a strike team was created to work with the various school districts to address truancy. Teen courts across Northwest Indiana dole out justice 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Even with this and other absences, Mr Platt maintains her attendance remained above 90% - the threshold for persistent truancy defined by the Department for Education. Term-time holiday court ruling will cause 'confusion' - BBC News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Even with this and other absences, Mr Platt maintains her attendance remained above 90%, the threshold for persistent truancy defined by the Department for Education. High Court to rule on Isle of Wight term-time holiday case - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z And the Peninsula School District - the only other Pierce County district that doesn’t operate a truancy board - is looking to start one as early as this fall. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Under the bill, schools can’t just pass truancy problems to the court system for criminal punishment or suspend students who don’t attend class. Bill aimed at fixing truancy passes Ohio House 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The result is a showcase of skits, some funny and others more serious, starring youth who’ve committed low-level status offenses - such as truancy and underage drinking. Theater program aims to divert youth from wrong path 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z The focus will be on keeping students in school and reducing truancy. New Mexico graduation rate dips for 2014-15 school year 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Teens are often admitted because of parental neglect or other troubles, including running away from home, truancy, use of alcohol, or more serious criminal offenses. No signs of slowdown at youth shelter in Williston 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Orwall said she hopes lawmakers will dedicate more money to helping schools start truancy boards in 2017, when they approve a new two-year budget. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z A high proportion of aboriginal children do poorly in school, and their truancy rates are high. In Australian state, aboriginal kids 53 times more likely to be in jail than others 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z But these were not students who had been pulled in for truancy. Fighting Truancy Among India’s Teachers, With a Pistol and a Stick 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Cotton opposes a move to block states that receive federal juvenile justice grants from putting young offenders in lockup for minor offenses like alcohol possession or truancy. GOP’s Cotton holds up juvenile justice reforms 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z That’s truancy,” Christie said, in a dig that not only called attention to Rubio’s high absence rate in the Senate, but also tagged the youthful looking senator as a school boy. Rubio repeats, fights over waterboarding and other takeaways from the Republican debate 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z As of January, Seattle and Tacoma - two of the largest school districts in the state - were among those not offering community truancy boards. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z So happens, the D.C. police picked up the girl for truancy, and she told on Smoke and Cupcake. Washington D.C.’s serious sex-trafficking problem 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Teacher truancy is among the more prominent causes of that failure, experts say. Fighting Truancy Among India’s Teachers, With a Pistol and a Stick 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z For these two reasons, it must continue to be our priority to tackle truancy.” Tardies at all D.C. schools would not count as absences under proposed law 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z That’s why legislation to effectively ban the use of out-of-school suspensions for truancy demands thoughtful and careful consideration by state lawmakers. Editorials from around Ohio 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z But with the changes to the law approved this year, school districts will now be required to put truancy petitions on hold for a period of time instead of immediately scheduling a court hearing. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The House measure would no longer allow suspensions for truancy. Ohio lawmakers question policies for student skipping class 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z By then, he was well aware that widespread teacher truancy could occur only if, he said, “my officers are hand in glove with the teachers,” warning them if anyone was coming to check attendance. Fighting Truancy Among India’s Teachers, With a Pistol and a Stick 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “This legislation will enable our government to continue the progress towards reducing truancy,” Mendelson said in a statement. Tardies at all D.C. schools would not count as absences under proposed law 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z This was the case even after other factors - such as truancy, substance abuse and poor parental supervision - were taken into account. Scottish justice system 'punishes poorer people' - BBC News 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z That is changing, after the Legislature approved legislation this year to require the truancy boards. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z TEA said the “student’s chronic absenteeism was a behavioral problem that warranted some type of intervention other than the filing of truancy complaints.” Texas agency: 4 districts violated law on disabled students 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The family did not respond to the district, which filed truancy charges. Can Texas districts require proof that home-schooled children are learning? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Most people think of truancy as an educational issue, which it is, but it also is an indicator of children at risk for entering the juvenile justice system. Tardies at all D.C. schools would not count as absences under proposed law 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Some other notable truancies, and the way the coaches handled them: NFL players often forget Rule No. 1: Show up on time 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The new law also looks to cut down on the number of children who are sent to juvenile detention for violating court orders in truancy cases. Truancy law aims to reduce detention of noncriminal kids 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Texas lawmakers in June decided to decriminalize truancy, meaning students as of Sept. 1 are no longer sent to criminal court for missing school. Texas agency: 4 districts violated law on disabled students 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The state is investing in truancy and dropout prevention coaches and early warning systems to keep more kids in school, he said. AP Review: Zuni, Mora saw big drops in graduation rates 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z For example, truancy and classroom disciplinary issues lead to suspensions, which play the largest role in explaining the boy-girl high-school graduation gap. The Poverty Cure: Get Married 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z It will affect cases such as car crashes, domestic violence calls and truancy complaints. Yakama tribe to get authority for some court cases 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z "LEAs are trying to use the legislation intended to stop truancy to stop parents taking their kids on holiday." Isle of Wight parent's term-time holiday legal case thrown out - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Among those included was a student in Pasadena with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression who was charged with truancy but never evaluated for special education services. Texas agency: 4 districts violated law on disabled students 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Barack Obama had played hooky on 96 out of 363 votes that had been cast, for a 26 percent truancy rate. Marco Rubio opponents criticize absence from Senate battles 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Some districts also track truancy, but that overlooks students who are racking up excused absences. White House announces new effort to fight chronic absenteeism in schools 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z District officials plan to target students who are at risk of violating the state’s truancy law with 20 or more absences in a school year. Lakeview Community Schools add attendance monitor position 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Justice Grants Administration and is meant to combat the longstanding problem of truancy by District students. D.C. truancy-prevention program helping kids stay in school 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Unlike truancy, which relates to unexcused absences, chronic absenteeism includes parent-excused absences such as those for sickness, medical appointments, family commitments and vacations. Wichita schools work to fight chronic absenteeism 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z School districts tend to focus on truancy, or skipping class. Report: Chronic school absenteeism is contributing to academic gaps 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z A new law that changes the juvenile justice system requires a truancy diversion specialist in all 55 counties. West Virginia governor launches truancy diversion program 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z "We need to set high standards, we need to be tough on truancy and tardiness for example. " Sweden loses top marks for education - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The guidance tells councils not to confuse home education with truancy. Council drops home education case - BBC News 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In Dallas, she did not learn that he had been attending the wrong class until she received a notice requiring her to appear at truancy court. Housing Program Expansion Would Encourage More Low-Income Families to Move Up 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z There were concerns about poor teaching, truancy and bullying. Is academy status the answer for 'coasting' schools? - BBC News 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Analysts with the Legislative Finance Committee detailed the challenges facing middle schools in a first-of-its-kind report that looked at everything from standardized test scores to truancy and social issues. Report: New Mexico middle schools struggling 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Agenda: Truancy and the implementation of truancy reform initiatives. D.C. Council agenda 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z "Poor mental health may contribute to conduct problems in school, truancy and substance use, which are also disruptive to outcomes," he added. Poor Health as Teen, Poor Job Prospects Later, Study Suggests 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z After missing a court date in Dallas County truancy court at the age of 12, she said she was arrested and handcuffed at school in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite. Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z He was the son of illiterate Armenian immigrant farmers, and he was expelled — for truancy and fighting — from the eighth-grade class of a school for delinquent boys. Kirk Kerkorian, self-made billionaire who bet on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at 98 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z It wasn’t any better for Freddie, who never graduated high school and was often absent from his studies because of truancy or suspensions. Freddie Gray’s life a study in the sad effects of lead paint on poor blacks 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The bill would also lower penalties for status offenses, which are age-dependent crimes like truancy or possession of alcohol. Nebraska senators approve limits on juvenile restraints 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It contains two critical changes: decriminalizing truancy and requiring schools to have more effective prevention programs. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Justice Department complaint about Dallas County's specialty truancy courts, which in 2012 prosecuted over 36,000 cases, more than any other Texas county. Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z A Texas Senate panel has approved a bill to decriminalize truancy, advancing it after hearing an endorsement from the state’s Supreme Court chief justice. Highlights from around the Capitol 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Texas filed about 115,000 truancy cases in 2013, more than twice the number of truancy cases in all other states combined, according to a report from Texas Appleseed, a youth advocacy group. U.S. Justice Department launches probe of Dallas truancy courts 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z She has also advocated tougher truancy laws and joined other attorneys general in winning a settlement against United States banks for illegally foreclosing on homes. Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, Leaps to Forefront of Senate Race 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z And the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee has held a hearing on several truancy reforms this session. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In 2013, Texas prosecuted about 115,000 cases, more than twice the number of truancy cases filed in juvenile courts of all other states, according to a report from the nonprofit advocacy group Texas Appleseed. Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z She has also commissioned reports on little-studied areas such as school truancy, which she believes eventually lands a lot of young people in jail. The unresisted rise of Kamala Harris 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Department of Justice is investigating truancy courts in Dallas County, Texas, for alleged due process violations after legal centers filed a complaint about a system they say is one of the nation's harshest. U.S. Justice Department launches probe of Dallas truancy courts 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Quality and outcomes had plummeted, truancy was epidemic, patronage took precedence over merit in school hiring and parents sought refuge in private schools or in the suburbs. Getting the balance right 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Schools are supposed to implement a truancy prevention program before filing a complaint, but the law doesn’t say what that intervention should look like. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z An estimated $10 million was collected from court costs and fines from students for truancy in fiscal year 2014 alone, the Texas Office of Court Administration said. Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Ms Harris argues that many of the issues that she has addressed as attorney-general—such as the foreclosure crisis, recidivism, and truancy—are relevant to the country as a whole. The unresisted rise of Kamala Harris 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Most of the students punished for criminal truancy are Hispanic or African-American, the study said. U.S. Justice Department launches probe of Dallas truancy courts 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Truancy for middle schools dropped from 35 percent in 2012-2013 to 12 percent last year, while there was a 1 percentage point drop in truancy for the elementary grades. Countering the abysmal truancy rates in D.C. schools 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Texas, the second-most-populous state in the country, writes up more than twice the truancy cases in all other states combined. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z All past truancy convictions will be expunged under the new law. Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The scheme targets families whose lives have been affected by problems such as crime, alcoholism and truancy. Is troubled families scheme working? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The chief political official in Dallas County promised full cooperation with the DOJ probe and said he would back truancy reform. U.S. Justice Department launches probe of Dallas truancy courts 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The Troubled Families Programme pays councils for working with and turning around families with problems including worklessness and truancy. Problem family scheme 'helps 105,000' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z And unlike almost every other state, Texas handles the vast majority of its truancy cases as class C misdemeanors in adult criminal court. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Officials say last year’s truancy numbers may be misleading because of a new regulation that requires students who miss 20 percent of the school day to be marked absent for the day. Chronic truancy rates above 50 percent in D.C. high schools 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z “There is absolutely no research to support the way that we handle truancy in Texas,” said Deborah Fowler, executive director of Texas Appleseed. Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In March last year, it was revealed that a record number of truancy fines had been handed to parents but that persistent truancy was falling. Could fining parents cut childhood obesity? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z California officials will launch a new effort aimed at protecting children by combating student truancy, trauma, human trafficking and education discrimination. State launches new bureau to combat child truancy, trauma 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z “But when almost 100,000 criminal truancy charges are brought each year against Texas schoolchildren, one has to think, this approach may not be working.” Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z After one semester of the new law taking effect, there was a 92 percent increase in the number of new complaints in Family Court in the category that includes truancy cases, the report said. Chronic truancy rates above 50 percent in D.C. high schools 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Fowler said recent numbers show a truancy decline in Texas, consistent with juvenile crime trends nationwide. Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z But the Puerto Rico obesity plan has echoes of the action taken in the UK and elsewhere to combat persistent truancy from school. Could fining parents cut childhood obesity? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z State officials said the Department of Justice's new children's bureau would expand work to combat elementary student truancy by Harris, who launched annual statewide reports on the problem three years ago. State launches new bureau to combat child truancy, trauma 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Reforming Texas truancy laws is an important step toward that goal. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Public Schools records, the principal signed a truancy referral less than two months after Ziggy, his new brother, Nergu, and Smith returned from Mongolia. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z But she said Texas prosecutes at least twice as many teens for truancy than all other states combined. Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Why didn’t truancy officers start calling and sending letters and demanding a visit to the child’s home when he wasn’t enrolled in school for months after moving to the District? Children who are most in need of help get scant attention 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Snyder wanted a uniform definition of truancy in schools across the state. How Gov. Snyder’s 2014 State of the State initiatives fared 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z She has focused on numerous social issues, including human trafficking, international gangs, and school truancy. California Attorney General announces U.S. Senate bid 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Avery, a 13-year-old piano prodigy, is now being home-schooled because her parents were so rattled by their brush with the truancy system. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Texas Appleseed released a report Thursday recommending that the Texas Legislature lighten laws that address truancy, defined as an unexcused absence from school. Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Its work will expand on priorities during Harris’ first four years, including deterring school truancy. Kamala Harris retakes oath as top state enforcer 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Some of its work will expand on priorities during Harris’ first four years, including deterring school truancy and the trafficking of young women for sex, domestic labor or sweat shops. California’s top cop targets crimes against kids 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z In 2012, excessive unexcused school absences, or truancy, accounted for 40 percent of referrals. W.Va. task force suggests juvenile justice changes 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Smith said the first sign that she had been ensnared by the city’s truancy law came just a few weeks ago, when someone knocked on her door and served her with a summons. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z “The point of the truancy law is to get the kid back in school,” Hecht said in a recent interview following his State of the Judiciary speech to lawmakers. Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Discussing student truancy, Ms. Harris noted that a bill she had pushed requiring the statewide tracking and reporting of absenteeism passed both chambers of the Legislature but was vetoed by Mr. Brown. 2014 November 19 - First Draft. Political News, Now. - NYTimes.com 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But she also emphasized the damage from truancy in two reports, the first of which found that 30 percent of California elementary school students miss enough school each year to harm their academic performance. California’s top cop targets crimes against kids 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Complaints in family court related to persons in need of supervision, which includes truancy cases, increased 92 percent between 2012 and 2013, to a total of 427 cases, according to an analysis by D.C. Educators, parents sound off about D.C. truancy laws No one is trying to play down the truancy problem, either locally or nationally. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Another 25 percent is earmarked for school truancy and dropout prevention programs, and 10 percent to help crime victims. Prisoners freed quickly after voters OK measure 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z State savings from the reduction in prisoner population would be used to support school truancy and dropout prevention, victim services, mental health and drug abuse treatment. Californians support reducing sentences for nonviolent criminals 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z But Brown vetoed two other Harris-backed bills on the grounds that collecting more truancy and absenteeism data, as she proposed, “would not get to the root of the issue - keeping kids in school.” California’s top cop targets crimes against kids 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. McCarthy has been a standout, ably running the office, directing prosecutions and pioneering new approaches to fight domestic violence, gangs and truancy. The Post’s endorsements for Montgomery County’s elections I’ve received dozens of calls and e-mails from parents whose kids also got caught in the truancy system because of legitimate absences. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Hundreds of millions of dollars in expected annual savings – money currently spent on convicted criminals in prisons and jails – would flow into treatment programs, truancy prevention and victim services. Why A Conservative Billionaire Wants To Reduce Sentences For Drug And Theft Crimes In California 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Brown offered to teach it herself in a different building but the school refused and launched truancy proceedings for her daughter’s non-attendance. Malibu divided over claims of toxic chemicals in public schools 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Yet after controlling for factors such as whether schools were classified as "selective," the number of low-income students, and attendance and truancy rates, the study concluded that charters still "consistently underperform." Study: Chicago charter schools lag traditional ones 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z They’ll also build relationships with students and staff members and help with truancy issues. Pact to return police officers to Santa Fe schools 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z My signing of the truancy referral must have been made initially when I communicated that the days would be ‘unexcused.’ How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Because Avery racked up more than 10 absences thanks to competitions and international concerts last year, and because the school paper-pushers then put her on a truancy track. ‘Truant’ music prodigy Avery Gagliano gets her day at D.C. Council This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pay attention to truancy or use the court system. Finding the reason behind school absences The measure calls for 65 percent of the savings to go to mental health and drug treatment programs, 25 percent to school truancy and dropout prevention programs, and 10 percent to help crime victims. Proposition 47 lowers penalties for some crimes 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z One measure, AB 1866, would have required the state Department of Education to collect additional records on truancy and absenteeism from local districts. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In a city battling a sky-high truancy rate, her story illustrates the absurd rigidity of the rules, which forbid excusing more than 10 absences without a doctor’s note, a court note or an emergency. How a family adoption trip led to a charge of criminal child neglect 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Kanawha County Magistrate Traci Carper-Strickland, who oversees truancy cases in the county, said she likes to consider herself as a last resort. W.Va. public school truancy rate tops 30 pct 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Too often, the word truancy conjures the image of a teen defying authority. Finding the reason behind school absences Why should she be exempt from the truancy rules? Do her parents expect her to be exempt because she is from Northwest and not Anacostia, because she is upper-middle-class and not poor? D.C. truancy rules should not be ignored because of a student’s talents or Zip codes The other, AB 1672, would have required local school attendance review boards to annually report truancy rates, outcomes and other data to the state. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Her political truancy is beginning to draw wider attention. Michigan's Terri Lynn Land Is the Invisible Senate Candidate 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The highest truancy rate was in McDowell County, where 58 percent of students missed at least five days of classes without an excuse. W.Va. public school truancy rate tops 30 pct 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Council, said that the city is shifting its approach to addressing truancy. D.C. anti-truancy program is getting more kids to school It would be immoral to enforce a truancy rule for some, but not others, right? In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student Gen. Kamala D. Harris and several lawmakers, would have required school boards and state officials to maintain and report records on truancy. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z She also said the District must follow the lead of Montgomery County and New York City in adopting more dynamic plans to counter truancy. D.C. mayoral candidate Carol Schwartz lays claim to ‘education mayor’ in policy paper The statewide truancy rate was about 31 percent. W.Va. public school truancy rate tops 30 pct 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The case refocused attention on truancy, a persistent problem for the city’s schools. D.C. anti-truancy program is getting more kids to school Aren’t we supposed to be tightening up on truancy enforcement to ensure that cases like that don’t happen? In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student Brown signed two other measures in the truancy package. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In the cases where truancy continued, steps were taken to require intervention from social services and one-on-one tutoring where needed. D.C. mayoral candidate Carol Schwartz lays claim to ‘education mayor’ in policy paper Parents are responsible in truancy cases involving a student under the age of 12. W.Va. public school truancy rate tops 30 pct 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The charter school board report also says truancy rates in charter schools declined in the past year. Suspensions and expulsions down in D.C. charter schools That was her 10th absence, so a truancy officer was called. In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student One will add a representative of the local district attorney's office and public defender's office to school attendance review boards; those panels handle truancy cases and can refer them to law enforcement or other agencies. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z So it’s clear our nation is facing a tremendous social problem in absenteeism, but there are also extreme financial costs to truancy. What's A Day Of School Worth? $29 Today, $154 Billion Tomorrow 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Everything else, both truancies and parent-approved absences, falls into the unexcused category. Lincoln school attendance policy prompts concerns 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z A follow-up study is scheduled for release next month; four state bills she is sponsoring to ease the truancy problem are set for hearing in the state Assembly on Friday. L.A. Unified students return to school with more teachers on the job 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Deciding that a truancy prosecution over piano competitions was ridiculous, Avery’s parents withdrew her from Deal. In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student The other bill will require prosecutors to report the outcome of adjudicated truancy cases to local authorities. Brown splits package of bills aimed at reducing truancy 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The school opened in 1900 and housed over 500 boys at its peak in the 1960s, most of them for minor offenses such as truancy or running away from home. Researchers ID 1st set of remains from Fla. school 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The task force report called outreach workers “the strategy most often identified to combat absenteeism and truancy in the Chicago Public Schools by reporters, researchers, community leaders and parents.” Sweeping reforms suggested to fix CPS truancy crisis 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The school's Gregory Boulevard site for 11 to 14 year olds is surrounded by a perimeter fence to reduce truancy. Pupils try Great Escape from school 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But the fact is, truancy rules in the District are selectively enforced, depending on your Zip code. In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student The new rules would replace state truancy laws that officials say are overly burdensome and ineffective. Rewrite of Fairbanks truancy rules draws criticism 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Last year, 121 minors were detained for truancy, some of them multiple times, according to the Youth Law Center. California bill would bar jailing of minors for truancy 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The idea, which would involve docking unpaid truancy fines from child benefit payments, was previously rejected by the Liberal Democrats. Gove calls for tougher truant measures 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The proposals, which will be unveiled later this year, will place an emphasis on tackling what he says are the root causes of truancy and misbehaviour. Gove: parents will have to guarantee children's good behaviour in school 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But over in the Other City, where some D.C. public schools are as fancy as their neighborhood, the little concert pianist is collared and the truancy police are on high alert. In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student They expressed concerns that the new truancy rules would interfere with their ability to raise their children as they saw fit. Rewrite of Fairbanks truancy rules draws criticism 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “Criminalizing truancy ... fails to address the underlying issues that cause young people not to attend school,” said the center's argument for the bill. California bill would bar jailing of minors for truancy 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z It is understood Mr Gove wants to deduct money from child benefit payments if parents refuse to pay fines for truancy. End illiteracy 'within a generation' 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Suspending and expelling kids because of truancy problems is a surefire setup for failure. SIMMONS: On discipline of school children, spare the rod, bolster the unions 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z D.C. bureaucrats will label the kid a truant, will mar her transcript with that assessment and will assign a truancy officer to the case. In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student In Indio, Calif., police analyzed school truancy rates in 2010 to predict areas where household burglaries will likely occur, and they’ve already seen a 2 percent decrease in burglaries within the hotspots. EMCVoice: Data Analysis Helps Police Departments Fight Crime 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The bill is designed to close a loophole that allows students to be incarcerated if a judge finds they have violated a court order to attend school or that their truancy qualifies as contempt. California bill would bar jailing of minors for truancy 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The center opened several years ago as the home of the parish’s truancy center with a goal of helping to boost public school attendance and reduce juvenile crime. Baton Rouge program builds construction skills 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z “But our truancy rates are going in the right direction. They are going down.” D.C. test data show strong link between student attendance, performance 2014-05-03T22:07:39Z Morning raffle prizes are just part of the effort to stem Simon’s truancy rates, which spiked to more than 30 percent two years ago. Truancy, absenteeism a chronic problem in D.C. schools 2014-04-26T22:51:10Z When she saw Chief Jaffe in full uniform, Christina recalled recently, she mistakenly thought she might be in trouble for truancy. 30 Years After the Palm Sunday Massacre, Christina Rivera and Joanne Jaffe Tell Their Story 2014-04-13T06:01:09Z The report detailed his truancy from team meetings, a frayed relationship with coach Chip Kelly and connections to California gang members. Bears not pursuing DeSean Jackson 2014-03-28T21:59:00Z Government statistics show the number of truancy penalty notices issued went up by more than a quarter in the academic year 2012-13 to 52,370. Truancy falls as fines increase 2014-03-25T12:21:43Z That recommendation is echoed by attendance advocates across the country who say that focusing on truancy alone misses the broader problem of chronic absenteeism, which includes excused absences. D.C. test data show strong link between student attendance, performance 2014-05-03T22:07:39Z The reward program is one of the more visible parts of a much broader effort to tackle rampant truancy at Simon and other schools across the city. Truancy, absenteeism a chronic problem in D.C. schools 2014-04-26T22:51:10Z Harris also pointed to a California Department of Education finding that truancy is the most powerful predictor of juvenile delinquent behavior, and state data showing that three-fourths of prison inmates are high school dropouts. California lawmakers take aim at elementary school truancy 2014-03-10T23:59:24Z The lowest amount of truancy was recorded in Asian countries and regions, including Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z The government defines troubled families as those facing multiple problems including unemployment, anti-social behaviour and truancy. Troubled families 'turned around' 2013-11-25T00:58:42Z The truancy data that schools currently release should be expanded to include data on the proportion of students at each school who are missing a lot of school for any reason, he said. D.C. test data show strong link between student attendance, performance 2014-05-03T22:07:39Z The grantees plan to use the money for a wide range of purposes, from truancy prevention to dental care and financial literacy courses, according to a summary of plans provided by OSSE. D.C. awards six community schools grants 2013-08-27T21:51:12Z The juvenile court views truancy as a parent problem, not a child one. Arriving With Anxiety, and Finding a Sanctuary 2013-07-25T21:37:00Z Good school discipline and teachers who listen to pupils were also identified as factors likely to result in lower truancy levels. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z The group is calling for a tougher approach to truancy. Call to tighten teenage mum benefits 2013-07-14T23:29:37Z This is why I adopted a social enterprise model for my independent garage business, OnTrak Community Initiative, to help to reduce truancy rates and get disillusioned young people back into learning. Independent garage drives truants to success 2013-07-10T07:00:00Z Henderson said she aims to reduce those truancy rates by changing the trajectory of freshmen, who she said often disengage after struggling with high school-level academics. D.C. school system reduces truancy rate 2013-06-24T21:22:50Z The other is unruly behavior, like truancy and uncontrollable conduct, at home or school. Arriving With Anxiety, and Finding a Sanctuary 2013-07-25T21:37:00Z The international comparison shows truancy is worse in the UK than high performing education systems such as in South Korea and Shanghai. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z Our government simply wants to appear in queries with less truancy and does not care if those kids are learning or not.” The Lede: Readers Debate Brazil’s Protests 2013-06-19T21:32:42Z What if Dunbar — where truancy is chronic and fewer than one-quarter of students are proficient in reading — didn’t prepare him for the rigors of college? Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road 2013-06-16T22:10:42Z The move was to protest policies under which students are referred to truancy court. Complaint Filed With Justice Dept. in Texas Truancy Cases 2013-06-12T04:01:01Z The complaint said that last fiscal year, Dallas County truancy courts prosecuted more than 36,000 truancy cases. Dallas area schools to face federal civil rights complaint 2013-06-12T04:01:09Z And it shows that the success of Asian school systems is reinforced by low levels of truancy. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z Department of Justice to order the districts to use court prosecutions less frequently and to translate truancy policies into Spanish. Texas students to seek federal help to soften 'cruel' truancy policies 2013-06-12T04:07:45Z Chronic truancy is a widespread problem in the District. D.C. Council proposals would increase students’ access to free transit 2013-06-05T17:03:49Z Babetta Hemphill, the director of student services and school choice at the Garland Independent School District, said that the district viewed truancy court as “our very last resort.” Complaint Filed With Justice Dept. in Texas Truancy Cases 2013-06-12T04:01:01Z Texas sends 113,000 students, ages 12 to 17, to courts for truancy violations each year, more than twice as many students as in the other 49 states combined, according to lawyers filing the complaint. Dallas area schools to face federal civil rights complaint 2013-06-12T04:01:09Z The data on truancy was gathered alongside the international Pisa tests taken by 15-year-olds - and it shows the negative consequences of missing lessons. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z Officials at another district that serves the city of Garland said they planned to file fewer truancy cases next year, focusing only on students who miss school at least 10 times in six months. Texas students to seek federal help to soften 'cruel' truancy policies 2013-06-12T04:07:45Z "We hear so much these days about truancy and about young people doing wrong that we need to be reminded of how many of them achieve good things that are worthy of the highest praise." Schoolboy achieves 100% attendance 2013-05-24T06:00:26Z The truancy court “offers the best chance for truant students to get back in class and graduate,” said Judge Clay Jenkins of Dallas County. Complaint Filed With Justice Dept. in Texas Truancy Cases 2013-06-12T04:01:01Z Mr Andrews hasn't said how the money raised from fines will be spent, but he did say the move was needed to crackdown on truancy levels in Wales. Truancy fines for parents in Wales 2013-05-20T12:37:29Z Anti-social behaviour orders in 2005 were followed by the Respect Action Plan, offering carrots and sticks relating to housing, parenting, truancy and juvenile offending. Farewell, Shameless … Gallagher joie de vivre has no place in austerity UK 2013-05-18T17:30:49Z Some jurisdictions in the United States are rethinking truancy policies. Texas students to seek federal help to soften 'cruel' truancy policies 2013-06-12T04:07:45Z A bill meant to curb the District’s rampant truancy moved forward in the D.C. D.C. Council committee approves amended truancy bill 2013-03-27T20:10:57Z The complaint said that the districts — Dallas, Garland, Mesquite and Richardson — are violating the students’ civil rights and that the truancy courts violates the students’ right to due process. Complaint Filed With Justice Dept. in Texas Truancy Cases 2013-06-12T04:01:01Z Chronic truancy is also a problem: 46 percent of Ballou students missed at least a month of class in the last school year. D.C. officials celebrate groundbreaking of new Ballou Senior High in Southeast 2013-03-26T18:03:29Z For instance, they span from Kinvolved - a web app to help teachers and caregivers solve truancy problems – to Global Kitchen - a cultural exchange platform that facilitates immigrant-led cooking classes – in the Social Venture category. Semi-Finalists Prep for Business Plan Submissions 2013-03-20T13:00:56Z It looked at the effect of truancy and alcohol use on educational aspirations. Senioritis: Keeping 12th-graders engaged is a challenge for schools and parents 2013-03-18T20:40:21Z There was talk Thursday night of truancy, a mention of the master facilities plan. Catania throws dinner party to bring together D.C. education leaders 2013-03-08T23:16:00Z But a program meant to address truancy among middle-schoolers, which is overseen by the Child and Family Services Agency, is currently serving only seven students. D.C. Council frustrated with city’s progress on truancy 2013-03-01T13:27:30Z Jacobs said if members of the General Assembly want to help the school board they can offer advice in several areas such as improving parent participation, reducing truancy and retaining teachers. Pr. George’s school board again opposes state bills related to task force, artificial turf 2013-02-14T17:40:00Z The board voted against the truancy bill, which its lobbyist described as “targeting our county in a negative way.” Pr. George’s takes positions on state bills 2013-02-07T21:59:19Z In a green paper, Supporting Families, a Labour government promised advice, a reduction in child poverty, a better balance between work and home, and a pledge to tackle domestic violence, truancy and school-age pregnancy. Families are changing – so must politics 2013-01-27T00:03:04Z He said work was needed to stop long-term truancy, along with putting as much emphasis on teaching vocational qualifications as academic ones in order to engage some pupils more at school. One in four have no qualification 2012-12-12T07:06:01Z At the same time that the school system is referring more children to CFSA, truancy appears to be dropping significantly at some elementary schools. D.C. Council frustrated with city’s progress on truancy 2013-03-01T13:27:30Z |
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