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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by toomuchtodo on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:56AM (#39863517)
~11.6 million children live in poverty in the US as of this comment, so while I have no context wrt the Bay Area (have never lived there), I can reasonably put forth that this cohort in particular will not receive the environment needed for robust educational development.

https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/43-children-in-pover...

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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by alephnerd on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:58AM (#39863539)
Agreed, and I mention it in my comment as well, so IDK what your point is.
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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by toomuchtodo on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:00AM (#39863567)
My point is that parenting is hard, expensive, very involved [1] [2], and it should be unsurprising that the success rate is not great from an attendance or academic outcome perspective. Not arguing with you, providing citations for my thesis that agrees with your anecdotes.

[1] https://archive.is/dXpQf

[2] https://archive.is/dXpQf/fba33991824e68e9b1ecfbde5c773bcbe92... (from [1])

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Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere by alephnerd on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:07AM (#39863636)
Fair enough! Sorry for the standoffish tone! HN has been getting to me lately
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