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Report: Automated alerts cut Scottish students' truancy
posted Saturday, 9 December 2006
Sending text or voice messages to parents' mobile and land-line phones when students have unexplained absences has helped some schools in Scotland pare their truancy rates by as much as 27%, a report notes. Scottish Education Minister Hugh Henry said the alert system, if adopted by more schools, will free staff to concentrate on the 2% of pupils responsible for half the truancy. The Guardian (London) (12/8)
Retrieved from ASCD Newsbrief, December 7, 2006
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