After the pandemic, more Native American students don’t want to return to school
Headline from Christian Science Monitor
While the pandemic caused lasting absenteeism among all schoolchildren, the problem has been most pronounced among Native American and Alaska Native students. Of 34 states, half had absenteeism rates for Indigenous children at least 9% higher than average.
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Years after COVID-19 disrupted American schools, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance. Attendance has been worse for Native American students.
While the pandemic caused lasting absenteeism among all schoolchildren, the problem has been most pronounced among Native American and Alaska Native students. Of 34 states, half had absenteeism rates for Indigenous children at least 9% higher than average.
Out of 34 states with data available for the 2022-2023 school year, half had absenteeism rates for Native American and Alaska Native students that were at least 9 percentage points higher than the state average.
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