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Who Gets the Child?

By Sushma Subramanian
States across the country are considering equal shared parenting in custody cases. One young Kentucky couple serves as a test case.
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Lost Days: Inside one rural California district’s effort to combat chronic absenteeism

By David Washburn
A “trauma-informed approach” puts students' behavior and performance in the context of their home lives and the trauma. Experts say it's part of the answer to reduce high rates of chronic absenteeism, which occurs in schools everywhere but is especially prevalent in rural areas.

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