Recommendations

Suggestions for experiments:

 * Profile teachers to ascertain a cross-reference of teacher absences and other variables, such as distance lived from the school, or income level. Use these factors to find an elasticity of such variables with absence rates.
 * Collect data on private school funding and public school funding.
 * Are recent changes in Tamil Nadu's educational policies impacting teacher attendance?
 * What are students learning as far as basic skills (literacy level, arithmetic skills) and how are these skills being taught? Are there benchmarks in place for standardizing progress? How informed are teachers in the school about these benchmarks and are they consistent in applying them?
 * What is the perceived value of education in Tamil Nadu, and why do some families elect not to send their children to school?
 * Survey parents of children at her school to determine what their expectations are, and whether or not they have multiple children in school to see if they have differing expectations for them.