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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negron and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and punishments were more severe. Everyone seemed less tolerant, more angry. Negron’s son told her he overheard a […]
When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Negrón's son told her he overheard a teacher mocking his learning disabilities, calling him an ugly name. Across the country, students have been absent at record rates since schools reopened during the pandemic.
Chronically absent students are at risk of falling behind academically, even as school systems spend hundreds of millions of dollars on new academic interventions.
In the 2021-22 school year, Colorado had the seventh highest percentage of chronically absent students in the country.
Across the country, students have been absent at record rates since schools reopened during the pandemic. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 school year, making them chronically absent, according to the most recent data available. Before the pandemic, only 15% of students missed that much school.