Nearly 7.5 Million U.S. Students are Chronically Absent, Missing 18 or More Days of School Each Year

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 7.5 million students (K – 12th grade) are chronically absent every school year – missing enough school to put them at severe risk of dropping out or failing to graduate. Chronic absenteeism, which is defined as missing at...