Empty Desks: The Effects of Chronic Absenteeism
By Gwendolyn GlennIn Maryland, more than 85 thousand students miss a month or more of school annually, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. About 17,000 of those students live in...
View ArticleGetting To School Is Harder Than You Think
More than 17,000 Baltimore students miss 20 or more days of school a year. Many of these chronically absent students and their parents say transportation is a major reason for their absences. That’s...
View ArticleBaltimore Teachers Struggle To Keep Chronically Absent Students On Track
Nearly a quarter of Baltimore city’s public school students are considered chronically absent. They miss more than 20 days of school every year. And that puts added pressure on teachers to bring those...
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