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Education > Secondary School Issues Are parents or schools to blame for low high school graduation rates?

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I am not sure that you can absolutely place the blame on either the parents or the school systems for the low high school graduation rate. It is a little of both. As the parent of a 17 year old dropout, I know that children can only be academically successful if both the parents and school staff on on the same page.

We have to look first at the laws that govern truancy. Once a child reaches the age of 16, they can quit school without a parents permission and truancy is no longer applicable. We need to initiate and support legislation that changes the truancy age. The state in whic...

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