Solutions of Truancy

Instead of focusing on punishment, we support families and make schools more enjoyable for children

It is understandable to want to hold parents or guardians accountable for making sure their children go to school, behave and do their homework every day. That, after all, seems to be his job. But the little-implemented school absenteeism laws are already very punitive.

The fact is that children are much more likely to be chronically absent when facing poverty and other overwhelming family challenges, such as living in a single-parent household and having a mother with health problems or with limited education. We also know from research that the likelihood of truancy increases if a child has to deal with domestic or community violence.

Source: https://topicalteaching.com/2011/01/18/how-do-they-come-up-with-these-ideas/

Students who are more likely to be absent tend to come from their homes and live in neighborhoods that are seriously distressed. The answer is not to further destabilize these families by taking away tax credits, just as the response has not been to imprison or fine them. These measures simply make families more insecure.

Instead, we must support measures that have been shown to keep children in school. For example, students are more likely to attend regularly when their communities and schools provide interesting classes and teachers, enrich extracurricular programs, a safe environment, reliable transportation, and incentives for attendance. Intensive approaches that address the root causes of truancy are more complex, but they are also much more likely to be effective. When children overcome the deep obstacles of poverty, poor health and the bad education of parents just to get to school, there must be more than the "three Rs" to receive them when they arrive each day.

Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-03-18/news/0803180044_1_truancy-parents-or-guardians-truant

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