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A Pittsburgh program is tackling chronic absenteeism by using community volunteers, who are doing everything they can to get kids to school every day.
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Families will play an essential role in getting students back on track, researchers say. But it's going to take a "culture" shift around the importance of being in school.
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While the absences are caused by a wide range of reasons, some of them are beyond the child’s or parents' control according to people who study the issue.
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The school shootings that weren't; a student loan watchdog quits; the number of chronically absent students is on the rise; and the top high school play and musical.
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Under the new federal education law, states get a say in how they measure "student success or school quality." Many states plan to use chronic absence.
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Three years ago, Grand Rapids' public schools took a hard look at the numbers on absenteeism. They've been able to get nearly half of the students missing school to show up.