Punishing families of truant kids won't fix issue - school leaders
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School leaders say punishing families of truant kids won't fix the reasons why they're bunking off school in record numbers. A new report by the Education Review Office shows close to 80,000 kids were chronically absent in Term Two, more than twice what it was 10 years ago. Mary Argue reports.
