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Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: What are This Session's Options for Curbing the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis?
February 20, 2026
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Feb. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Feb. 19, 2026, by policy fellow Josiah Padley:

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What are this session's options for curbing the chronic absenteeism crisis?

Even a highly capable, incredibly thoughtful Minnesota teacher may be stymied in the classroom by a lack of consistent student attenda . . .

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