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Is there a solution to chronic absenteeism in schools?

19 August 2024

11:50 PM

19 August 2024

11:50 PM

I hated going to school so much as a kid that to this day, the sight of Back to School! signs printed in cutesy kiddy font on glowing school-bus yellow that fill stores every August strikes me with dread. I want to punch them.

My elementary school years were fine; I attended a teeny-tiny Catholic school where I think most of the dedicated teachers qualified for food stamps.

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