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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. This is a time to stretch and learn new things,” he says.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.