Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
The number of students who chronically miss school has doubled since Covid shuttered schools across the country in March 2020.
Millions of American children are regularly skipping class. It is a problem educators have faced for years, but the issue has gotten much worse since the pandemic.
Today, some estimate that nearly one in three students are “chronically absent,” meaning they miss more than 10 percent of the school year. Now, educators around the country are facing the question of what to do about it.
Alec MacGillis is a reporter for ProPublica who focuses on gun violence, economic inequality, and the pandemic-era schools crisis. He recently wrote about chronic absenteeism for The New Yorker and joins Diane to talk about what he learned.
Guests
- Alec MacGillis Reporter, ProPublica
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