How to Use absenteeism in a Sentence

absenteeism

noun
  • Parents have up to six times less absenteeism from work.
    Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Chronic absenteeism, where students miss more than 10% of school days, is on the rise.
    Nadia Scharf, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • That is an alarming number, and the consequences of unchecked absenteeism are severe and far-reaching.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • School districts have grappled with higher failure rates and absenteeism among remote learners.
    Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Since then, the levels of chronic-absenteeism among students have continued to rise, putting millions of kids at risk of falling behind.
    Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Schools are poised to lose millions due to enrollment drops and absenteeism caused by the pandemic as state funding is tied to student attendance.
    Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Frassinelli said chronic absenteeism during the first few years of schooling impacts students’ abilities to read at grade level and build math skills.
    Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Hartford schools have also found a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, in which a student misses at least 10% of all school days.
    Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • What’s more, unlike the jobless rate, which has steadily declined from its April peak, the rate of absenteeism — as it is called by economists — has remained stubbornly high.
    Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Chronic absenteeism can also affect enrollment, which can, in turn, impact school funding from the state, calculated on a per-pupil formula.
    Della Hasselle | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2021
  • Districts struggled with a lack of equitable student access to technology, higher failure rates and chronic absenteeism.
    Andres Picon, ExpressNews.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • In an age of chronic absenteeism, some educators are finding that leaning into election topics piques students’ interests and keeps them motivated to learn.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Some kids withdrew from districts that have eliminated their remote learning options — in an effort to save children from failing and chronic absenteeism — rather than return to campuses.
    Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Take a look at your rates for turnover, absenteeism and LTA.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • And Ohio records of absenteeism at schools for the past few years show parents did.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Half of the achievement gap can be traced to absenteeism, Smith said.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • And the rise in chronic absenteeism is indeed a sign that schools need help.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The initiative aims to cut absenteeism in half at Ohio schools over the next 10 years.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2021
  • That often means absenteeism — and in the near and long term, failure.
    Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • But the Supreme Court’s absenteeism on gun rights has left other judges in charge.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Still, the chronic absenteeism trends were most profound in high school.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The low turnout is a part of a larger chronic absenteeism problem that's plagued the district for over a decade.
    Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The rate of absenteeism during the span has been the highest since the pandemic began.
    Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • 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 initial pilot schools have some of the highest chronic absenteeism rates in the district.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 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
  • In some places, like Colorado and Oregon, the rates of chronic absenteeism are even higher.
    Leigh Paterson, NPR, 18 May 2024
  • Over time, that will harm their health and well-being, causing more illness, absenteeism, and burnout.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Farley didn't say why Ford would see a spike in absenteeism but not its competitors.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021

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