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Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, August 25, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris will join Center for American Progress Director of Education Policy Tiffany D. Miller in a press call moderated by CAP Executive Vice President for Policy Carmel Martin to discuss truancy and its negative effects on both students and the country as a whole. The participants will focus on the specific role that truancy plays in the lives of students of color in relation to an upcoming CAP report that explores the high cost of ignoring the factors that contribute to truancy.
On the call, Miller and Attorney General Harris and will touch upon the consequences and risks of truancy; discuss examples of promising measures that different states are enacting and their potential for expansion across the country; and explore the CAP report’s recommendations for actionable federal, state, and local policy measures to combat truancy.
WHO:
Speakers:
Kamala D. Harris, California Attorney General
Tiffany D. Miller, Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress
Moderator:
Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center for American Progress
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
2:00 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
WHERE:
Dial-in: 888-461-2018
Passcode: 455422
Conference ID: 3139072
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