This chapter explores the significant increase in chronic absenteeism among school children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the challenges faced by low-income students and the shift towards alternative schooling options.
The calculus of the cold war is back, but there are new variables in the equation—namely China’s growing arsenal. We look at how three-way deterrence could work. Two years after America’s schools reopened their doors, a terrifying proportion of students are still skipping class (10:13). And what a slew of rickshaw apps says about India’s technological backbone (15:38).
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