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Chronic absenteeism among U.S. students has nearly doubled since before the pandemic, and experts fear plummeting test scores and soaring learning loss will be impossible to correct without fixing it. New data released on the Return 2 Learn Tracker from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) shows chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing more than 10…
Cutting class? Chronic absenteeism could be part of a much larger problem where mental health issues force students to stay home, according to School Avoidance Alliance.
As Dubuque Community Schools Executive Director of Student Services Shirley Horstman has spent time over the past few months researching chronic absenteeism in schools, one analogy to describe the problem
CBS2's Dave Carlin found out how parents can cope with it and what school districts are doing to offer reassurance.