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CBS New York, "NY study says punishment doesn't solve absenteeism"
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Published: Nov 27 2010
CBS New York includes an Associated Press story about a recent Vera publication that looks at New York State’s practices responding to chronically absent teenagers, particularly reporting and investigating a teen’s parent or guardian to the child protective system for allegations of educational neglect. Vera proposes that New York rethink this response to teens missing too much school and develop more effective alternatives.
