The simplest explanation for chronic absenteeism is the correct one: parents aren’t making their kids come to school. School is better now than it ever has been, yet attendance is worse. Do the math. ##education##teachersoftiktok##edleadership##principalsoftiktok

There is no evidence for your position that schools are better than ever, and considerable evidence to the contrary. Also, bluntly, when a person insists on putting “PhD“ after their name in order to assert authority, it implies that they do not deserve consideration as an authority.

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No —schools are much more stressful to children for many reasons. Many of these students who are absent are anxious, depressed, or have bullying issues. A parent who would “make” such a child attend such a traumatizing institution would be a poor parent indeed.

All of those factors are lower now than at any time in history. Schools are better than ever. Take away the phones and those problems largely vanish or can be easily addressed with admin.

If schools were better then ever, why don’t kids want to attend? Your statements are so inaccurate. They are worse than ever.

There has never been a time in history when all kids wanted to attend school. The difference is that parents used to make them go, and now are not doing so.

Is this a parody account?

When u say "school is better now than it has ever been," what do you mean? Also, parents are part of the prob, but wouldn't you say that lack of consequences on the school's side of the equation is also a major contributing factor? Full disclosure: I teach at a pub school. 20 yrs

There are some schools that have become chaotic due to a lack of consequences, yes, and that needs to be addressed.

School is not better now than it ever has been; constant testing makes it worse.

Testing is great for learning, and there's not that much. People like to be dramatic.