So what if students skip school?
Should truancy rules be as strict? Even though it seems like the life of
students are engulfed by education, is it worth worrying about a student
deciding not to go to school when he or she does not feel like? These are questions that parents and student
have thought about. Believe it or not,
there are many problems dealing with students skipping school.
According to studies by Lorenzo A.
Trujillo, Assistant Dean of Students and Professional Programs at the
University of Colorado School of Law, students that are left unattended, and
the problem of truancy grows, it will have a severe impact on schools, courts,
and communities. “The importance of
school attendance to achievement, engagement, and educational success has been
neglected in most education reform and prevention initiatives. School discipline, zero tolerance, and school
safety concerns have combined to produce strategies that are counterproductive
by pushing the problem out of the school and into the community.” This is just a glimpse of the topic on
truancy. What do you think? Read more of Trujullo’s study at:
