Earlier this school year, we brought you stories about the issue of truancy in Milwaukee's public schools. (wuwm.com)
He moved back to New York in the early 1980s to run the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, which focused on truancy prevention and antiviolence training courses for young people. (gse.harvard.edu)
The law did not specifically punish schools for truancy, but it created a social and political link between absence and negative outcomes for students. (themarshallproject.org)