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  "path": "/opinion-to-solve-chronic-absenteeism-lets-make-school-a-place-where-students-really-want-to-be/",
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  "textContent": "Chronic absenteeism has become one of the defining challenges facing American schools. Students are missing more school than they did before the pandemic, when absenteeism was already labeled a national crisis. The consequences are serious: lower grades, higher dropout rates and long-term economic and social harm. Districts have responded with better messaging, expanded mental health […]\n\nThe post OPINION: To solve chronic absenteeism, let’s make school a place where students really want to be  appeared first on The Hechinger Report.",
  "title": "OPINION: To solve chronic absenteeism, let’s make school a place where students really want to be"
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