Empty Places.

Black, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ535635

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Empty Places.

Black, Susan

American School Board Journal, v183 n11 p32-33,36 Nov 1996

Truancy continues to be a pervasive problem in American education. This article describes the extent of the problem, strategies for early intervention, legal sanctions, and school conditions as a source of students' alienation. (Contains 10 references.) (LMI)

Descriptors: Attendance, Compulsory Education, Discipline Policy, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Sanctions, School Attendance Legislation, School Holding Power, Truancy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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