Schools are sending police to shout at kids, and threaten their parents with prison, if they don't attend. An education expert gives her opinion on why this approach won't work, and what should be done to support struggling families.
School fines are set to rise this August, and with that news comes an increase in parents being fined and prosecuted for unauthorised school absences. With their heavy-handed approach, authorities are failing to take into account the plethora of reasons children can be persistently absent or late for school. Experts believe that in many cases, it's not school refusal, it's EBSA - emotional-based school avoidance.
