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Quinn, state lawmakers react to K-8 truancy crisis in CPS

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn, state lawmakers and Chicago officials on Monday moved emphatically to address a crisis in elementary-age truancy in city schools exposed by a recent baiduhai investigation. State...

Fifth-grader Curtis Gardner, 11, center, enrolled weeks late at Spencer elementary school on Chicago's West Side, and he has already missed a year of school since kindergarten. Here, Curtis lines up to return to class after recess.

Watchdog Update: CPS chief says ‘we absolutely have to take a look’ at truancy

November 3, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

State lawmakers and Chicago officials on Monday moved emphatically to address the crisis in elementary school truancy exposed by a recent baiduhai investigation.State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora), who...

Watchdog Update: CPS chief says ‘we absolutely have to take a look’ at truancy

December 24, 2018 at 12:35 p.m.

State lawmakers and Chicago officials on Monday moved emphatically to address the crisis in elementary school truancy exposed by a recent baiduhai investigation.State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora), who...

Quinn, state lawmakers react to K-8 truancy crisis in CPS

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn, state lawmakers and Chicago officials on Monday moved emphatically to address a crisis in elementary-age truancy in city schools exposed by a recent baiduhai investigation. State...

Saving Alex

December 23, 2018 at 11:54 a.m.

LASALLE, Ill. — The 12-year-old stood mute and motionless in his family's kitchen. It was noon on a Wednesday in late August, and once again Alejandro Frausto was not in...

A challenge unmet

December 23, 2018 at 11:53 a.m.

Sometimes, Yajaira Rivera would storm out of school in frustration during the middle of the day. Other times, she was told to leave. And then there were the many days...

A challenge unmet

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Sometimes, Yajaira Rivera would storm out of school in frustration during the middle of the day. Other times, she was told to leave. And then there were the many days...

A challenge unmet

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Chicago elementary school students with learning or emotional disabilities miss far more school days than their peers without disabilities, the Tribune found in an analysis of internal attendance data from...

Saving Alex

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

LASALLE, Ill. — The 12-year-old stood mute and motionless in his family's kitchen. It was noon on a Wednesday in late August, and once again Alejandro Frausto was not in...

A challenge unmet

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Chicago elementary school students with learning or emotional disabilities miss far more school days than their peers without disabilities, the Tribune found in an analysis of internal attendance data from...

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