Why student absences aren't the real problem in America's 'attendance crisis'
- Written by: Jaymes Pyne, Quantitative Research Associate, Stanford University
Economic hardships, lack of transportation and family crises can keep kids out of school.Fertnig/E+ Collection via Getty ImagesNationally, one in six children miss 15 or more days of school in a year and are considered chronically absent. Education officials have lamented that all this missed instruction has for years constituted an attendance...
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