Kindergartners Are Missing a Lot of School. This District Has a Fix
In rural Livingston, Calif., where people are vastly outnumbered by sweet potatoes, something remarkable is happening in the public schools. When kindergarten teacher Lupe Fuentes tells her class they have perfect attendance for the day, the roomful of children cheer, “Hip, hip hooray, everybody’s here today!” Nearby, gathered on the learning rug in teacher Diana…