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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the nation are struggling with rising absenteeism rates. Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, weighed in on the issue.
"There was a once-in-a-century global public health crisis," he said. "It's not hard not to understand why that impacted schools, but COVID has reminded people how big an issue absenteeism can be."