NPR People: Larry Abramson
Larry Abramson is the Education Correspondent at NPR.
Recent stories
All Things Considered
Detroit Schools' No. 1 Mission: Getting Kids To Class
February 8, 2012, 4:53 PM
(Larry Abramson / NPR)
Dismal attendance rates have put Detroit Public Schools at risk of losing vital state funding, so the city has launched an assault on truancy. Attendance agent George Eason says, "If we see that the parent is willfully ... not sending the child to school, then we will take every means necessary to enforce the law."
