School absences have ‘exploded’ almost everywhere
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#4Everyone treated it as optional. Even the teachers and school staff said zoom school is fine, it won’t be any worse or any different than in person school. Now we’re all shocked, shocked!
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#5> In a working-class pocket of Michigan, school administrators have tried almost everything, including pajama day, to boost student attendance.
Wow, pajama day didn't bring back students? So strange.
I wonder if they tried less homework, shorter school-days and/or later start of the day? Basically the three reasons I myself was chronically absent from school for as long as I can remember.
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#6The final sentence of the article answers the headline with,
> “We haven’t seen an answer"
Alright.
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#7In Israel a lot of the schools start with 20 minutes of body movement (at least near me).
The kids become active. It’s not as big a deal if they are a little late. And my daughter (but not my son) hates missing it.
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Any particular reason you think that or just are you just a naturally good guesser?
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#9"because teachers must slow down and adjust their approach to keep everyone on track."
Do this and then you'll have your top performers start being absent as well -- out of boredom.
I'd suggest sending kids that are lagging behind, and those that have high absentee rates, into remedial classes. Education should get kids excited about learning. From my experience, nothing gets kids more excited than the feeling that they've accomplished something. Make them sit in a room to rehash the same old crap over and over and you lose the ones you want.
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#10The ripple effect from our unhinged covid response continues to be felt in countless places, from school absenteeism to downtown office space values to public transportation and on and on. We created new habits that are hard to break and naturally none of the hysterics who tried to unwind society gave any thought to anything besides trying to temporarily feel “safe.” There’s always a tradeoff…