She has watched as Hermannsburg's primary-school attendance rate almost doubled, to 80%, since it started.

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At the same time, Obama said, schools should be judged on criteria other than student test performance, including attendance rate.

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On the first day, about 56% of students in New York City's public schools for students with disabilities attended, compared with a normal attendance rate of about 83%.

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Eighty-five percent of those students were the first in their family to do so. (Applause.) Your math and science scores are consistently higher than other Boston schools, and the attendance rate here is 94 percent.

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The daily attendance rate is now between 75-80% (a marked improvement in one year), the students and the teachers are motivated, test scores are up, and now he can work on successfully graduating more students from his institution.

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We propose that, for MPs representing constituencies outside London, the Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure (commonly known as the 'second home' allowance) should be abolished and be replaced by a flat-rate daily allowance, based on actual attendance at Westminster on parliamentary and government business or the business of the Opposition frontbenches.

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In addition, MEPs get a flat-rate allowance of 304 euros for each day of attendance at official parliament meetings, to cover accommodation and meals.

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