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Persistent absence from school is a growing threat to children’s education

By Markus Klein, Reader in Human Development and Education Policy, University of Strathclyde
Edward Sosu, Reader and Research Director in the School of Education, University of Strathclyde

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures.

In England, 25%…

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