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New study links sustained arts education to lower chronic absenteeism in schools

Researchers estimated 25.4% of four-year music students were chronically absent, compared with 37.3% of students without four consecutive years of music.

New study links sustained arts education to lower chronic absenteeism in schools

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Researchers estimated 25.4% of four-year music students were chronically absent, compared with 37.3% of students without four consecutive years of music.

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Researchers estimated 25.4% of four-year music students were chronically absent, compared with 37.3% of students without four consecutive years of music.

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