Students In Rural Regions Are More Likely To Be Absent Than Their Urban Counterparts

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Skipping school, cutting class, senior ditch day – some consider truancy a part of adolescence. But looking at the data, one reporter found that students in rural regions have a much higher risk of being chronically absent from school, and the reasons aren’t so simple. David Washburn reported on this issue in a two-part series for the online publication, EdSource. He went to Butte County to speak to students whose families suffer from drug abuse disorder and live in poverty to find out how these issues, among others, can keep school from being a priority. Washburn also visited Paradise, the town devastated by the Camp Fire last year, and reported how chronic absenteeism was a persistent problem even before the fire . His reporting was supported by the USC Center for Health Journalism’s Data Fellowship , the California Endowment and the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship . Listen to the interview above with David Washburn, now the news and investigations editor at KPBS
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