Comment on There’s a scene in a Ramona Quimby novel where Ramona is sent home from school i
JMMaok@mastodon.online 3 weeks ago
I would be cautious drawing too many conclusions from a fiction book where that may have been a plot device.
That said, in the US I would look to No Child Left Behind. It tied school funding to student achievement and resulted in a lot more measurement. It is common for schools to be funded by days students attend, so that would also be a factor.
@JMMaok @lydiaschoch @bookstodon I was born in '54, and remember missing a LOT of school in the first few years because I was sick a lot. I'm not entirely sure, looking back, whether that was school policy or my Mom's policy. But it did not seem unusual to stay home when I was sick.. just how much I was sick.