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Absent Without Leave: America’s Traditional K-12 Learners Are Leaving, Costing Schools Hundreds of Millions in Their Wake

By taking advantage of everything that online learning has to offer, now is a great time to loosen the reins and let kids explore independently. Our traditional K-12 students are begging out of attendance at record numbers, often with no notification whatsoever. It’s a trend that began years ago, but has accelerated at blinding speed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, 27 percent of America’s learners chose alternatives to traditional public schooling, including charter schools (6 percent), private schools (10 percent),

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