DCPS LEADERS REINVIGORATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ABSENTEEISM

Chevy DTU, NNPA, Team Optimistic, Tyvan Burns, Washington Informer

D.C’s interim deputy mayor for education faces an uphill battle in combating chronic absenteeism — a dilemma playing out across the nation and one that puts nearly half of all high school students in line for dropping out instead of graduating.