When you were a kid, you went to school. There were exceptions, of course, the main one being when you were sick. I don’t think I ever stayed home from school if I wasn’t sick. You just didn’t do that.
Covid altered behaviors. Long school closures changed the way both parents and kids thought about school. After the Covid closures about one-fourth of the kids nationwide were chronically absent, which meant they missed at least 10% of the school days. The states that closed their schools the longest are generally the ones that have the highest absentee rates. In California 30% of the students last year missed at least 10% of school days. In Florida it was 32%. In New York it was a 33%, in Michigan 39%.
Students who are absent aren’t learning, unless they are learning to slack off. According to some observers, students who are absent find it harder to keep up, get discouraged, and stay home even more.
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