Why Student Absences Aren't the Real Problem in America's 'Attendance Crisis'.

The article discusses students absences in United States schools. Topics include one in six students considered as chronically absent miss almost fifteen days of school every year; excused absences are the ones for which parents contact the school and inform about it while other absences are considered as unexcused; and some absences are a result of crisis being faced by the students in their family.