{"id":2021176,"date":"2023-09-04T02:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1-8-million-california-students-became-chronically-absent-since-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T02:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:05:30","slug":"more-than-1-8-million-california-students-became-chronically-absent-since-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1-8-million-california-students-became-chronically-absent-since-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1.8M California students chronically absent due to pandemic."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-1-8-million-california-students-became-chronically-absent-since-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021176&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>More than 1.8 Million Students in California Chronically Absent Since COVID-19 Pandemic<\/h2>\n<p>According to \u2062a recent \u200creport, over 1.8 million students in California have become chronically absent since the COVID-19 pandemic. This alarming increase in chronic absenteeism poses a threat to academic recovery, as stated by Stanford University professor Thomas S. Dee, who published a report \u200bon the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The study reveals\u2062 a significant jump in chronically absent students, from 744,000 in 2018\u201319 to 1.8 million in the 2021\u201322 school year. With 5.8 million K\u201312 students enrolled in California\u200c during that same year, the statewide rate of chronic absenteeism more than doubled\u200d from 12.1 percent to 30 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/san-diego-unified-sees-threefold-spike-in-chronically-absent-students-5030832\">San Diego\u200d Unified Sees Threefold Spike in Chronically Absent Students<\/a> &#8211; 2\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/more-southern-california-school-districts-considering-informing-parents-of-childs-gender-status-5477393\">More Southern California School Districts \u200dConsidering Informing Parents of Child\u2019s Gender Status<\/a> &#8211; 8\/20\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Collaborating\u200c with Mr. Dee, education news website EdSource provided \u2063California chronic absenteeism data for the research. Their interactive breakdown of California data shows that \u2063chronic\u200d absenteeism\u2062 has increased in nearly every district in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In the report, Mr. Dee dismisses COVID-19 pandemic restrictions,\u2064 such as \u2064mask and vaccine mandates, \u200bas potential reasons for the spike in chronic absenteeism. He suggests\u2062 that while \u2063sickness may have contributed to some absences, other\u2062 substantive and enduring factors \u2064are at \u2062play. These factors \u200dinclude access to transportation, academic engagement, and declines in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-block-ashley-hinson-bill-to-reopen-schools-with-in-person-learning\/\" title=\"House Democrats Block Ashley Hinson Bill to Reopen Schools with In-Person Learning\">youth mental health<\/a>, which may vary\u2063 from district \u200cto district based on demographics.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d significant\u2063 investments have \u2062been made to help students recover\u2064 academically, Mr. Dee emphasizes that the most crucial factor is keeping kids in school. Consistent \u2062school \u200battendance is essential for students, especially those who are most educationally vulnerable, to access the\u200b necessary support and resources.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A school classroom in Tustin, Calif., on March\u2064 10, 2021. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch \u2062Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the San Diego Unified School District, which experienced a threefold spike\u200b in chronically absent \u200dstudents,\u2064 attributes most of their absences to\u2064 COVID-19 \u2064or \u2063other illnesses. The district also acknowledges that \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mental-health-pandemic-is-already-here\/\" title=\"The Mental Health Pandemic Is Already Here\">poor mental health<\/a>, housing and food insecurities, unmet transportation needs, and inflation contribute \u200cto some absences.<\/p>\n<p>The district&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdown-generation-california-students-suffered-academically-during-pandemic-school-year\/\" title=\"Lockdown Generation: California Students Suffered Academically During Pandemic School Year\">chronic absenteeism rate<\/a> nearly tripled from 12.4\u2064 percent in 2019 to 33.7 percent in 2022. To address this issue,\u2062 the \u200cdistrict has created new positions dedicated to reaching out to \u200cfamilies, conducting home visits, and identifying support and resources\u200b to help students \u200dreturn to school.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Los Angeles \u2062Unified, the state&#8217;s largest district, had a chronic absenteeism rate of 40 percent in the 2021\u201322 school year. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho developed \u200ban outreach campaign where he, along with \u200ctrustees, administrators, counselors, and staff, goes\u200b door-to-door to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1-8-million-california-students-became-chronically-absent-since-pandemic\/\" title=\"Over 1.8M California students chronically absent due to pandemic.\">meet chronically absent students<\/a> and their families, providing\u200c support and encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report reveals that over 1.8 million students in California have become chronically absent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This alarming increase in absenteeism, where students miss 10 percent or more of classes in a semester, poses a significant threat to academic recovery. Stanford University professor Thomas S. Dee, who recently published a study on this issue, emphasizes its importance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":2021177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}