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Atlanta Schools Offer Compassion, Support To Absent Students During Pandemic04:32
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January 13, 2021

Martha Dalton, WABE

An estimated 3 million public school students in the U.S. haven't been attending classes consistently since the beginning of the pandemic. But in Atlanta, school districts are adopting a "compassion over compliance" approach rather than penalizing students.

Martha Dalton of WABE reports.

This segment aired on January 13, 2021.

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