Texas school district tackles truancy
Being chronically absent from school could mean a criminal record in Texas, where parents and students as young as 12 can be fined and charged with a misdemeanor. Almost all …
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Being chronically absent from school could mean a criminal record in Texas, where parents and students as young as 12 can be fined and charged with a misdemeanor. Almost all …
Read MoreTensions over space are still running high in some city school buildings. In public hearings last week Bedford-Stuyvesant Success Academy charter parents openly clashed with those in three district schools. And a new charter proposed for a Mott Haven public school caused protests.
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