The hidden problem of chronic absence

Katy Murphy:

We've just posted a story I wrote about chronic absenteeism -- when a student misses 10 percent or more school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

A small, but growing number of school districts in California have begun to crunch the numbers to see which of their students are habitually out of school, and how many. Traditionally, schools have looked only at how many of their students attend school each day, on average, or how many were truant or tardy.

When you count excused absences, the number of kindergartners who miss 18 or more days of school might surprise you (unless you're a kindergarten teacher).

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 29, 2012 1:33 AM
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