Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere

Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by pastage on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:35AM (#39863314)

I only have anecdata but the three kids I know of all have some kind of diagnosis making it hard for them in school. From my recollection it was more or less the same in my days just that the kids went to school and wasted their time. Some kids are definitely harder to help than others.

EDIT: This is for Sweden where we are talking about the same issue. But I do not think we have the same numbers here.

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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by alephnerd on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:37AM (#39863332)

> some kind of diagnosis making it hard for them in school

This is a valid reason to be absent, and school administrators, teachers, and statistics take that into account.

My comment was aimed specifically at students who don't have valid physical or mental issues.

My mom's school district does not enforce suspensions for chronic absenteeism due to a subset of very affluent and litigious parents.

> This is for Sweden

Makes sense. There is no point comparing the Swedish or "American" system, as there are 13,187 different American systems that all have different norms and rules besides a handful stipulated by the DoE.

Even inter-US comparisons don't make sense for that reason.

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