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Randall Denley: Points just for going to class? Ontario takes a sensible step

It’s worrisome that so many students place so little value on education that they can’t be bothered to show up for school regularly

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Where are the parents? That’s the first question that arises in response to Ontario’s astonishingly large rate of school absenteeism. The provincial government expects students to show up for class 90 per cent of the time, which seems fairly lax. And yet, only 40 per cent of students meet that standard in secondary schools. In elementary schools it’s 55 per cent.

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It’s worrisome that so many students place so little value on education that they can’t be bothered to show up for school regularly. What’s worse is the number of parents who don’t see that as a problem they need to deal with.

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