Opinion: Make school engaging to combat chronic absenteeism

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.  The consequences are serious: lower grades, higher dropout rates and long-term economic and social harm. Districts have responded with better messaging, expanded mental health […] The post OPINION: To solve chronic absenteeism, let’s make school a place where students really want to be  appeared first on The Hechinger Report.