To beat chronic absenteeism, schools have tried launching new attendance-tracking systems and hiring people to knock on family’s doors.

Bipartisan coalition issues call to cut chronic absenteeism in half as kids continue to miss school


Schools have tried launching new attendance-tracking systems, hiring people to knock on family’s doors, and giving away prizes to help re-engage students

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From poor reading skills to chaotic classrooms, the stubbornly high rate at which kids are absent from school makes it harder to solve every other problem in education. That’s made improving attendance a rare point of bipartisan agreement.

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