Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today.

Chronic absenteeism is as high in rural and suburban areas as it is in urban areas

At least 225,000 Southern California public school students miss at least three weeks of class each year which, research suggests, puts them at risk of falling behind in school — if not dropping out altogether. Those students attend schools in 47 districts in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura and western Riverside counties the authors of a new national analysis identified as having notable concentrations of “chronic absenteeism.” By Kyle Stokes, KPCC

• For LA Unified’s first black female superintendent, it was all about the kids, KCAL
• California’s first college and career readiness metric still being fine-tuned, EdSource
• John Deasy on his years as LAUSD superintendent, where he made his mistakes and where he’s going, EdSurge
• In Rowland Unified, a music program’s expansion comes with growing pains, KPCC
• A $50 million lawsuit has St. Louis parents, kids and educators worried their schools may have to close, The 74
• An effective but exhausting alternative to high school suspensions, New York Times Magazine
• Counting the benefits of teaching math to 3-year-olds, PBS
• New evidence that summer programs can make a difference for poor kids, Washington Post