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A line of children’s shadows and a fence on the ground outside of a school. — Widespread absenteeism isn’t just a problem for the absent students, but also for their classmates. Absences force teachers to make tough decisions about whether to slow their instruction down for students who missed class. (Gabby Jones for Chalkbeat)

Featured Stories Missing School, Falling Behind

Not ‘present,’ and paying a steep cost

How pandemic recovery in Detroit and across Michigan hinges on getting kids to class

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Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat

| November 7, 2022, 9:23pm UTC

Data analysis by Kae Petrin