United States | News & Politics

7218 readers

158 users here now

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere | The pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education: “Our relationship with school became optional.” (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Nationally, an estimated 26 percent of public school students were considered chronically absent last school year, up from 15 percent before the pandemic, according to the most recent data, from 40 states and Washington, D.C., compiled by the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute. Chronic absence is typically defined as missing at least 10 percent of the school year, or about 18 days, for any reason.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 7 months ago

Teach someone to read and give them books. You dont have to be a genius. Most people know how to read and most children want to learn new things.