Kyrie Irving, who famously helped the Cleveland Cavaliers overcome a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, recently visited a group of local high school students.
It’s well established that chronic absenteeism has skyrocketed since the pandemic. But a new analysis of federal data shows the problem may be worse than previously understood. Two out of three students were enrolled in schools with high or extreme rates of chronic absenteeism during the 2021-22 school year — more than double the rate […]