Hundreds of thousands of Colorado kids missed more than 10% of school last year
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More Colorado public school students stayed on track with attendance last year, but hundreds of thousands of students missed more than 10% of the school year, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education.
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What happened
More Colorado public school students stayed on track with attendance last year, but hundreds of thousands of students missed more than 10% of the school year, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education.
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Common ground
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Follow-up questions
- What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Hundreds of thousands of Colorado kids missed more than 10% of school last year?
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