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Lawrence Erased Its COVID Attendance Crisis. No Other Large Gateway City Can Say That.
Correction (July 22, 2026): An earlier version said English-learner chronic absenteeism dropped from 23.7% to 23.9%; it rose by 0.2 point. It also called the 2024-25 Lawrence-state gap the lowest in t...
42 Massachusetts Districts Beat Chronic Absenteeism Back to Pre-COVID. Voc-Tech Schools Led the Way.
In Clinton, a small district west of Worcester, 8.7% of students are chronically absent. Before the pandemic, it was 16.1%. The district didn't just recover from COVID's attendance shock. It halved it...