A look at chronic absenteeism across America
Thursday, June 9, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The problem of students habitually missing school varies widely from state to state, with about one-third of students in the nation's capital absent 15 days or more in a single school year, according to an Associated Press analysis of government statistics.
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