Youth Crime is Spiking – So is Truancy!
The twofold increase in truancy and youth crime since the pandemic must be addressed head-on by courageous leaders.
My parents did something dangerous for the time. In New York State, in the late 1970’s, truancy laws focused on the parents, not the child. I was in the middle of the fifth grade and my father was in the principal’s office letting him know that I would not be returning to class. I would be traveling the nation and learning v…
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