absenteeism
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Statewide data show that students experiencing homelessness have among the highest rates of chronic absenteeism at about 35%, far above the state figure of 19%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In 2024, Medford High School in Boston grappled with chronic absenteeism.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
K.B. is upfront about his father’s emotional distance and absenteeism during his childhood.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
At Ford’s Highland Park, Mich., plant in 1913 absenteeism averaged 10% a day, and annual turnover was 370%.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The evil of absenteeism was of ancient date and the efforts to eradicate it still older.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly
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