As someone who’s worked in a range of schools, from inner-city schools to private boarding schools, I’ve concluded that there’s a straightforward explanation for why students in the inner city do relatively well through 3rd grade, then begin to fall by the wayside. It’s because of the amount of time that students from different backgrounds are engaged with school and school-related activities.
Let’s begin by looking at attendance rates in a range of schools, using high schools as the point of comparison:
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