Cities in Action: Student Reengagement–Hartford Connecticut’s Efforts to Address Chronic Absenteeism

Overview City Name: Hartford, CT Population: 120,576 Region: Northeast Problem: Schools in Hartford, CT were seeing extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism in 2018, and this problem intensified as a result of the pandemic. Hartford’s absenteeism rates came to be among the highest in the state, and District and City officials believed that a collaborative […]

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