The days of cutting class is over for middle school students. To control the high truancy statistic, parents and teachers decided to use GPS trackers monitor their students, make the attendance rate from 68% to 90%. This improvement shows a great way GPS trackers are changing the world.

The middle school is using a program that taps into the school's attendance system through the connectivity of an app called "message you." When the child is absent, not only do the parents receive an update, they also receive information on their child's current whereabouts. This app puts responsibility back into the hands of the parents. Knowing where their child is located through a GPS tracker, they can get a head start in tracking them down and working to improve their desire to gain an education at a younger age.

If this trend picks up world-wide, GPS trackers could really be responsible for a shift in the economy. Since the program is available for every social class, more children have a chance of continued education, potentially pulling more individuals out of their direction of poverty. GPS trackers could ideally change the path of those individuals steering toward the drop-out percentage. This system, made possible through GPS tracking device, could become that added element of accountability, for both the student and the parent.