absenteeism
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In 2024, Medford High School in Boston grappled with chronic absenteeism.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 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
Roughly a quarter of Chicago high-school students missed more than a month of school in the 2023-24 school year, and chronic absenteeism has persisted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Teachers nationwide shared stories with The 19th about the toll that immigration enforcement is having on students, from chronic absenteeism to emotional distress that makes learning nearly impossible.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026
From a higher point of view, it cannot, indeed, be ignored that absenteeism, largely developed, cripples the organic whole of national life.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
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