Department of Education data reported recently by Attendance Works showed that over the past six years, the student absentee rate has almost tripled in Ohio. In 2022, the rate of chronic absence was nearly 34 percent, or 565,651 students.
Michael S. Rose
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Michael S. Rose is principal and head teacher at Cincinnati Classical Academy, a K-12 tuition-free (public) classical school in affiliation with the Barney Charter School Initiative (BCSI) of Hillsdale College.