How to Use absenteeism in a Sentence

absenteeism

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  • And Ohio records of absenteeism at schools for the past few years show parents did.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And the rise in chronic absenteeism is indeed a sign that schools need help.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That often means absenteeism — and in the near and long term, failure.
    — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • Still, the chronic absenteeism trends were most profound in high school.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Petersburg schools are some of the most trouble-plagued in the state, with 2½ times the state’s average for absenteeism.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The district had a 53% chronic absenteeism rate, which rose since the previous school year and is worse for Black students.
    — The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a whole host of things that are happening there: illness and injury, absenteeism, turnover, worker’s comp and on and on and on.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Covid-19 has made in-person work riskier while vacancies and absenteeism have raised the burden on those who show up.
    — Greg Ip, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Last school year, the state’s students had an average chronic absenteeism rate of 23.7%.
    — USA Today, 12 June 2023
  • Chronic absenteeism surged, with the number of students missing 10 percent of the school year more than doubling.
    — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Research also shows that taking time off can reduce rates of stress and absenteeism.
    — Molly Johnson-Jones, Fortune Europe, 5 Feb. 2024
  • High levels of absenteeism are a disaster for students and schools.
    — Koby Levin and Ethan Bakuli, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Chronic absenteeism – when students miss at least 10% of the school year – remains rampant and in some cases has gotten worse.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Places with a greater Covid spread did not have higher lingering levels of absenteeism, for instance.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But some lawmakers said at the hearing that the shooter’s absenteeism in Uvalde should have been one of many signals that officials needed to act.
    — Dallas News, 23 June 2022
  • The change in state guidance comes as schools are trying to reduce student chronic absenteeism rates, which rose sharply after the onset of the pandemic.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
  • By the end of the school year, its graduation rate had risen to 71 percent, chronic absenteeism had plummeted, and more than two-thirds of sophomores had passed their MCAS tests.
    — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • It’s a smart business decision that adds up to less absenteeism, more job retention and greater cost savings.
    — Charles Bonello, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Chronic absenteeism has doubled since pre-pandemic times, adding fuel to the fire.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Chronic absenteeism also was not tracked by NCES prior to the pandemic.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The Super Bowl’s impact on the workplace also goes beyond absenteeism.
    — Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Chronic absenteeism remains high, with about two in five students missing 10% or more of classes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The company plans to work with school districts to study whether Hazel’s mental health services also help reduce absenteeism, Golomb said.
    — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Chronic absenteeism, which hit a high during the pandemic, has inched downward in recent years.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Asked why absenteeism had increased, the young women didn’t hesitate.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Chronic absenteeism was still high last year — 33% — but declined more than 8 percentage points from the previous year.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Chronic absenteeism has declined in the district, but not to pre-pandemic levels.
    — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In recent years, however, efforts to fight absenteeism have tended to involve nudges, not threats.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Education experts define chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent or more of the school year — when a student isn’t in class for at least 18 days of school.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But in the first round, absenteeism and a slew of TSE procedural problems resulted in only 1,443 people being able to cast votes.
    — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

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