NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted American schools, nearly every U.S. state is still struggling with attendance, and attendance has been worse for Native American students, a disparity that existed before the pandemic and has since grown, reported The Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday.
"Out of 34 states with data available for the 2022-2023 school year, half had absenteeism rates for Native American and Alaska Native students that were at least 9 percentage points higher than the state average," it noted.
