📚 Education Jul 9, 2026 · Jennifer Robitaille, Riverside Insights

Schools need SEL assessments to fight chronic absenteeism

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Schools need SEL assessments to fight chronic absenteeism
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Insight into student well-being is a critical part of fighting absenteeism



Why students disengage before they fall behind



When it comes to absenteeism, the real work begins in summer



For more on student well-being, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub




Our schools face a paradoxical challenge: chronic absenteeism, which is being treated as an attendance problem, actually isn’t.



Nationally, roughly 22–24 percent of students are chronically absent, meaning they

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