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Newark Cut Chronic Absenteeism by More Than Half
In 2018-19, more than one in four Newark students was chronically absent. The district's rate, 26.8%, was 16.2 percentage points above the state average, worse than all but a handful of New Jersey's u...
Paterson's Black Students Trail Every Group in Attendance Recovery
At Paterson's School 6, more than half of all students were chronically absent in 2023-24. A reporting investigation found that the school, along with several neighbors, had not filed a corrective act...