Punishing absentees' parents.

• Author: Lyall, Sarah
• Position: International - Law would charge parents for truancy of children - Brief Article

Worried by a surge in school absences, the British government has proposed to give principals, police, and welfare officials the right to fine parents whose children are chronic absentees. Under the plan, some parents would have to sign contracts pledging to improve their children's attendance. If the children continue to avoid school, the parents...