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Chronically Absent

Study: 7.5 million students miss a month of school each year

New research suggests that as many as 7.5 million students miss a month of school each year, raising the likelihood that they’ll fail academically and eventually drop out of high school.

Chronic Absenteeism Undermines Over 5 Million Students

Between 5 million and 7.5 million students miss a month of school every year, according to a report that will be released Thursday by Johns Hopkins professor Bob Balfanz, who runs the university’s Everyone Graduates Center.

‘Chronically Absent’ Students Skew School Data, Study Finds, Citing Parents’ Role

Up to 15 percent of American children are chronically absent from school, missing at least one day in 10 and doing long-term harm to their academic progress, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The Newsroom’s View of Education Reform Imagine that you’re a casual follower of the education policy debate. You read the major national outlets—the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today—and you might come across national Associated Press (AP) stories in your local paper or online news aggregator, too. What would be your view of American education, circa 2011?

The Newsroom’s View of Education Reform

Imagine that you’re a casual follower of the education policy debate. You read the major national outlets—the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today—and you might come across national Associated Press (AP) stories in your local paper or online news aggregator, too. What would be your view of American education, circa 2011?

A recent American Scientist article takes issue with how the authors of Freakonomics have been presenting research — in part because they seem to rely on trusted colleagues and friends without “adequate vetting of research.”  Of course this makes me wonder if this happens in the dissemination of education research by scholars and journalists, too — studies getting passed along based on reputation or organization rather than quality. High-res

A recent American Scientist article takes issue with how the authors of Freakonomics have been presenting research — in part because they seem to rely on trusted colleagues and friends without “adequate vetting of research.” 

Of course this makes me wonder if this happens in the dissemination of education research by scholars and journalists, too — studies getting passed along based on reputation or organization rather than quality.

Phillip Mendonça-Vieira accidentally found himself in the possession of 12,000 screenshots of the New York Times homepage from September 2010 to July 2011, which he arranged into a video for your perusal. There are some stories that were so big you can follow them even at this breakneck speed. At his site, Mendonça-Vieira writes about the ephemeral quality of pages like this, which are rarely if ever archived.

What we’re reading: “The world’s first location-aware digital newspaper” TapIn’s social layer is based on Gigs, a feature borrowed from the original Tackable phone app. Deliberately non-specific, Gigs simply allows users to place a red pin on the map and attach a post of some kind. This could be a restaurant recommendation or comment, but most intriguingly, it could be a question — “I’m here and have an hour to kill, anything cool to do nearby?” or “Does anybody know why traffic on this road is tied up?” or “What’s the story behind this interesting-looking building,” or “Can someone recommend a plumber who will come out here on a weekend?” via pewinternet

What we’re reading: “The world’s first location-aware digital newspaper”

TapIn’s social layer is based on Gigs, a feature borrowed from the original Tackable phone app. Deliberately non-specific, Gigs simply allows users to place a red pin on the map and attach a post of some kind. This could be a restaurant recommendation or comment, but most intriguingly, it could be a question — “I’m here and have an hour to kill, anything cool to do nearby?” or “Does anybody know why traffic on this road is tied up?” or “What’s the story behind this interesting-looking building,” or “Can someone recommend a plumber who will come out here on a weekend?”

via pewinternet