{
  "id": 328858,
  "title": "N.W.T. advocates worry school absence rates will worsen as staff shortages, low funding persist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/n-w-t-advocates-worry-school-absence-rates-will-worsen-as-staff",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/low-attendance-nwt-education-funding-jordans-principle-9.7299168"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The territory has seen a decline in attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic, with numbers recently stabilizing, but not recovering to pre-pandemic levels. Some say that as long as there are teacher shortages and low funding, attendance rates will stay low.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}