Taking daily attendance in school was once a perfunctory task, but with remote learning it has become harder to do, threatening students’ well-being and school funding, educators say. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, schools lost track of an estimated 20% to 40% of students who were absent from online classes. The potential for another upended school year is bringing new urgency to the question of how schools should account for the students they say they are teaching. Also bedeviling educators are questions such as how to...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 06, 2020 09:22 UTC