absenteeism – New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org Your home for all things education in The Land of Enchantment Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:01:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://nmeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-29-2021_NewMexico_NMEducationLogo_V1-08-150x150.png absenteeism – New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org 32 32 202004729 Superintendents Discuss Efforts to Combat Absenteeism in New Mexico https://nmeducation.org/superintendents-discuss-efforts-to-combat-absenteeism-in-new-mexico/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5348 Education officials, superintendents, and legislators convened in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to address chronic student absenteeism in the state's schools. The discussion highlighted the impact of systemic societal issues like housing, transportation, drug addiction, and mental health, with panelists emphasizing the need to redefine chronic absenteeism and make schools more appealing to students. School leaders said that additional support is necessary to combat this issue of chronic absenteeism.

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