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• Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can't Schools Agree on How to Measure It? (goodmenproject.com) — Norwalk's Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy is highlighted as an example of how schools juggle different ways of tracking attendance, reporting homeroom data to the state while using period-by-period records to monitor students more closely. The broader piece explains why states can't agree on a single definition of attendance, how that complicates chronic absenteeism data, and why more granular tracking is spreading nationwide.
• Jon Landau Remembers 'Generous Friend' and Springsteen Biographer Dave Marsh (rollingstone.com) — Longtime rock critic and author Dave Marsh, a prominent Bruce Springsteen biographer, died Aug. 14 at age 76 at his home in Norwalk. Friend and former Rolling Stone colleague Jon Landau recalls Marsh's confrontational style, deep compassion, and decades of work championing music and cancer patients through the Kristen Ann Carr Fund.
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