
Chronic absenteeism was at almost 30 percent or 14.7 million students during the 2021-22 school year, nearly double prepandemic levels. They remained high in 2022-23, according to data available from states. WE NEED TO FIX THIS!!
How We Can Fix Chronic Absenteeism (Opinion) Experts on school attendance lay out five steps to ramping up family and student engagement.