Mississippi Department of Education Partners with National Dropout Prevention Center to Implement Statewide Truancy Initiative
Mississippi Launches Statewide Initiative to Combat Chronic AbsenteeismBALLSTON SPA, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2024 / The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has partnered with The National Dropout Prevention Center to launch an aggressive campaign to combat the growing student attendance crisis in the state and across the U.S. The "chronically absent" rate, defined as missing 10 percent or more school days, has doubled nationally since...
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