#school attendance

#school attendance

Immigrant students across the US have experienced increased bullying, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdowns causing declines in attendance and a culture of fear among immigrant students in public schools, according to a new survey of high school principals. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (Idea) conducted a nationally representative survey of more than 600 principals about the toll of raids and deportations, and how schools were responding.

Proponents argue that the bans are essential to promoting academic achievement and overall well-being among students. Cell phone ownership has more than doubled among school-aged youth in the past decade. At the same time, rates of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and cyberbullying have skyrocketed. And 72 percent of high school teachers say phone distractions are a major problem in their classrooms, according to Pew Research Center polling from June 2024.

Muñoz, who specializes in policymaking and education, said differentiating between warrants "is very difficult to do if you don't have a legal background."