Report puts Detroit kids' chronic absenteeism at nearly 58%

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2. Seems to be all across the country, but much worse in the 5 cities listed

Some of the report's findings:


•Chronic absence at varying levels impacts 89% of school districts in the U.S.
•Half of the chronically absent students nationwide are in just 4% of school districts and 12% of schools
•Some of the places with the largest numbers of chronically absent students are affluent, suburban districts known for academic achievement, such as the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Montgomery County, Md. and Fairfax County, Va.
• Districts serving disadvantaged urban neighborhoods with high rates of poverty typically have both high rates and large numbers of chronically absent students. In these places, researchers said, chronic absence "reflects a web of structural challenges," such as the lack of adequate affordable housing and the absence of well-resourced schools. These places are also highly segregated communities of color, researchers said.
•Many poor, small rural school districts have extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism.