How Can CPS Solve Growing Absenteeism Among High Schoolers?

21/05/2025 16 min
How Can CPS Solve Growing Absenteeism Among High Schoolers?

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Episode Synopsis

Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism is a bigger problem for CPS high school students, but the district and schools are working to address the issue. Reset explores what’s driving this trend and what’s being done to solve the problem with WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp.

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