Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine being a student in an elementary school where one in three kids in your classroom is missing nearly a month of school ...

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school year — which includes missing school for any reason, and not just unexcused absences ...

Students in kindergarten through third grade who miss 10% or more of the school year are about twice as likely to switch school districts — and their attendance problems often follow them, according ...