From staff reports HAMMONDSVILLE — Edison Local Schools are moving forward in its plan to review chronic absenteeism and post-secondary pursuits. Superintendent Bill Beattie said a panel of district and high school administrators, career readiness and truancy officials recently met to discuss the next level in its initiative through Harvard University which uses the Proving Ground model of evidence-based improvement to address chronic absenteeism, career readiness and college enrollment. Edison is among 50 rural schools in Ohio and New York that are part of the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard, and the study is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.