Kristen's story about truancy is yet another affirmation that everything in life is somehow connected. How is this education writer's beat connected to a cop reporter's beat? Well, there is plenty of research to suggest that truants are three times more likely to commit a crime than non-truants. Take a look at this truancy study from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Hopefully, the kids who were made to attend Street's lecture don't end up in one of our articles. According to the research, unfortunately that is where many of them are headed.
What I found most interesting was listening to the children themselves. Click here to listen to what the kids had to say.