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  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/absenteeism-is-a-major-problem-so-why-cant-schools-agree-on-how-to-measure-it",
  "title": "Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can’t Schools Agree on How to Measure It?",
  "summary": "It’s 2026. Satellites connect to devices in our pockets, artificial intelligence algorithms can drive cars and scan X-rays, and Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem is the basis for the summer’s hottest movie. But there’s always a but. And right now, in a time when public school absences remain stubbornly high since Covid closures five years ago, it […]",
  "authors": "Wayne D’Orio",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
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  "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:30:00.000Z",
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  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
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  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/absenteeism-is-a-major-problem-so-why-cant-schools-agree-on-how-to-measure-it",
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