Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Meanwhile - in the U.K. - Kids are skipping school
One way or another, schools are having problems no matter where they are.
And money doesn't seem to be fixing anything...
And money doesn't seem to be fixing anything...
Graeme Paton recently report in the U.K. Daily Telegraph:
"A hard-core of 'persistent absentees' avoided 15 per cent of total lesson time, it was revealed, despite billions spent by the last Government attempting to keep children in school.
Official figures show almost one-in-10 secondary school pupils and more than one-in-20 of those in primary education regularly skipped school in the autumn and spring terms."
