The Missing Link: The High Cost of Truancy

The Missing Link. The High Cost of Truancy by Farah Z. Ahmad and Tiffany D. Miller, Center for American Progress, outlines the tremendous consequences of truancy. The report takes a deep dive into chronic absenteeism, examining how and why students become disconnected from schools, and identifies promising solutions taking hold in parts of the U.S. It also presents concrete federal, state, and local policy recommendations to combat truancy, including improving data collection, increasing wrap-around services, and reducing punitive policies.