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  2. What is 'school refusal'? Experts and parents on what happens ...

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    It's always important to try and pinpoint the reason for a child not wanting to go to school, says Kearney, who explains that it’s most often due to some form of anxiety, which can occur at any ...

  3. School refusal - Wikipedia

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    School refusal is a child-motivated refusal to attend school or difficulty remaining in class for the full day. [1] Child-motivated absenteeism occurs autonomously, by the volition of the child. This behavior is differentiated from non-child-motivated absences in which parents withdraw children from school or are unable to bring their children ...

  4. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Different schools have used different approaches throughout history. Grade retention or repetition was essentially meaningless in the one-room schoolhouses of more than a century ago due to limited access to outside standards and the small scale of the school with only a few students in each age group, was conducive to individualized instruction.

  5. Truancy - Wikipedia

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    The parents of a child absent from school without a legitimate excuse are notified by the school. If the parents refuse to send their child to school or are unable to control their child, local child services or social services officers may request the police to escort the child to school, and in extreme cases may petition a court to partially ...

  6. Businesses close, children skip school for 'a day without ...

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    At El Sol Academy in Santa Ana, as many as 50 students will miss a day of school for personal reasons, said Sara Flores, the school's chief student and family support officer. On Monday, 180 didn ...

  7. 'I tried everything to get my daughter to go school'

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    Twelve-year-old Hannah missed most of her primary school education. Right from her first day she barely spoke and would get very upset, so the school would phone her mum daily to ask her to pick ...

  8. Grade skipping - Wikipedia

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    Grade acceleration is easiest to implement through an early start to school by either entering pre-kindergarten a year early or skipping pre-kindergarten into kindergarten directly. [2] By starting the child ahead, many of the problems associated with grade skipping, such as leaving friends behind or knowledge gaps, are avoided. [3]

  9. Study shows kids do better in school when smartphones are banned

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    If your child is not expecting a text from you, she is less likely to impulsively check her phone. It is healthier for all of us to allow our kids the independence of the school day, free from the ...