absenteeism
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In 2024, Medford High School in Boston grappled with chronic absenteeism.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
There was also little evidence of phone bans’ impact on school attendance, chronic absenteeism and online bullying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The district continues to face ongoing challenges from declining enrollment and chronic absenteeism — both apparently exacerbated by federal deportation threats, according to some experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
K.B. is upfront about his father’s emotional distance and absenteeism during his childhood.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Ireland then was in a state of national ruin and semi-barbarism; one of the most palpable evils of Irish life was absenteeism.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly
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