A lack of sleep is associated with more absence and teens turn up jet lagged to school on Mondays, as shown in a doctoral thesis by sleep researcher Serena Bauducco, at Örebro University, Sweden. (sciencedaily.com)
The New School calculated that 24 percent of New York City's 350,000 high schoolers had 38 or more absences in 2007 — 08 (the report didn't distinguish between excused and unexcused absences). (educationnext.org)
Monreal 5 Once he was off our defence was practically non-existent, but as he gets older we must expect more absences like this. (justarsenal.com)