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Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.
She has bounced from school to school, searching for support in an education system that seems intent on pushing her further from graduation and closer to the criminal justice system. If she gets arrested again, the stakes will be higher. New York is one of two states that always prosecutes 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.
The New York Times was criticized for the work of reporter Walter Duranty, who served as its Moscow bureau chief from 1922 through 1936.Duranty wrote a series of stories in 1931 on the Soviet Union and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at that time; however, he has been criticized for his denial of widespread famine, most particularly the Holodomor, the Ukraine famine in the 1930s.
The New York Post was established in 1801 making it the oldest daily newspaper in the U.S. [144] However it is not the oldest continuously published paper; as the New York Post halted publication during strikes in 1958 and in 1978. If this is considered, The Providence Journal is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the U.S. [145]
St. Helens High School principal Katy Wagner was charged with two counts of felony criminal mistreatment after two teachers under her supervision were arrested for a nearly 10-year sex crime spree.
A Kansas kindergartener was left on a school bus for nearly six hours before the driver found him trapped inside, according to a report. The 5-year-old was sleeping in the back seat during the ...
Scott and his elementary school football team in New York City. Photo Credit: Ben McKeown for The Huffington Post Positive relationships between students and staff — not police presence — is a strong predictor of school safety, according to University of Florida professor Jason Nance, whose research focuses on the impact of police in schools.
A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S ...