by Sarah Green | Jan 31, 2018 | News, Student Issues
In 2016, Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. made headlines; every one of their 164 seniors had not only graduated, but had been accepted into college. A 100-percent success rate for the school, on the surface. But a closer look, taken in a joint investigation by...
by Sarah Green | Jul 24, 2016 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Educational news often talks about student truancy as an epidemic, a growing threat to student progress. But there’s another kind of absenteeism doing its own quiet harm – teachers. In Nevada, it’s a serious and growing problem. According to a 2016 study...