New pod: School absences "exploding" across America Some will say this is about COVID politics & school closures. But this crisis defies easy narratives. See below: Truancy is up in all kinds of districts: rich/poor, high-/low-remote. Something deeper is happening. open.spotify.com/episode/246L1G…
Not to press the case, but I think there's a thread that connects several things I've been working on recently - the decline of socialization - stickiness of remote work - rapid dechurching - national surge in student absences Norms around "showing up in person" have shifted.
@DKThomp Did you talk to all the moms who have to stay home when their kids are sick--which is happening more frequently for a variety of reasons, incl stricter criteria to return to school when sick. Also, covid never disappeared. Kids still get covid . . . and colds and the flu, etc
@DKThomp Covid is still prevalent, and much transmission occurs in school x.com/luckytran/stat…
@DKThomp Covid is still prevalent, and much transmission occurs in school x.com/luckytran/stat…
@DKThomp It 100% has to do with Covid school closures. No one considered what consequences would occur in the aftermath of closing public school doors for 1-1/2 years.
@DKThomp This is Ballou HS in Dc with nearly 90% or more students missing 30+% of class… Reading and math proficiency is 5 and 3% but graduation rate is 70%… Inner city schools are a grift and a con..
@DKThomp My kids are top students (grades and test scores) in their public schools. I let them stay home and/or go late whenever they want. One daughter had 72 tardies last semester. She’s still the top student by a landslide. We go to the library 2x a week, and she reads books constantly
@DKThomp The number of children being educated at home has doubled since 2020, this is a major contributor to absences across the board. By and large public education in its current form is a travesty that doesn’t serve our children well.