K-12 Dive – Anna Merod
“As statewide school attendance data from 2020-21 trickles in, an analysis of 17 California school districts reveals chronic absenteeism is worsening this academic year. The research conducted by School Innovations & Achievement, a company that provides programs to districts to reduce school absenteeism, found a chronic absenteeism rate of 27.4% in October 2021, compared to 18% in October 2020 and 11.2% in October 2019.” (more)