Berkeley News - District 91¿´Æ¬istration District 91¿´Æ¬istration Media Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:38:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 With high schoolers’ help, UC Berkeley researchers investigate why so many students are chronically absent /with-high-schoolers-help-uc-berkeley-researchers-investigate-why-so-many-students-are-chronically-absent/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:38:02 +0000 /?p=175967 The multi-year project partners with San Francisco students to design and interpret studies exploring chronic absenteeism—and explore how young people can be part of the solution.

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]]> Inadequate public transportation options. Needing to work and take care of family members. Bullying and anxiety. Feeling too far behind to catch up and a lack of a sense of belonging.

Middle and high school students face numerous challenges that cause them to miss significant amounts of class. But on a recent afternoon at UC Berkeley, it wasn’t esteemed faculty members or education policy experts who led a presentation about the latest causes of chronic absenteeism in San Francisco public schools.

It was the students themselves.

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