New report addresses chronic absenteeism in Monroe County schools
A deeply honest personal story from Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times has a lot of people talking about what children need in their K-12 education.
Now comes a new report from The Children’s Agenda in Rochester about chronic absenteeism. The report explores why students themselves say they are not attending school. TCA concludes: “We should not accept that one out of three high school students in Monroe County is chronically absent.”
What's driving the absences? We discuss it with our guests:
Eamonn Scanlon, director of community impact for The Children's Agenda
Isabel Rosa, community…
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