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To solve chronic absenteeism, let’s make school a place where students really want to be
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Title
To solve chronic absenteeism, let’s make school a place where students really want to be
Author
Amie Rapaport and Morgan Polikoff
Publication Type
Online Posts
Outlet
The Hechinger Report
Year
2026
Abstract
Chronic absenteeism has become one of the defining challenges facing American schools. Students are missing more school than they did before the pandemic, when absenteeism was already labeled a national crisis.