(The Center Square) – Chronic absenteeism affects the dropout rate, which in turn affects crime and the economy, Georgia lawmakers were told. The House of Representatives and the Senate have special ...

School is out for the summer, but student absenteeism is an issue that we should care about as a community at any time of the year. It’s not an exaggeration to call chronic absenteeism one of the ...

LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho, right, exits an electric school bus with teachers and community members while making home visits to boost attendance ahead of the new school year. (Genaro Molina/Los ...

Five years after the start of the pandemic, one of the most surprising ways that school has profoundly, and perhaps permanently, changed is that students aren’t showing up. Here are some insights from ...

When students frequently miss class, those absences affect more than their own grades. Chronic absenteeism has spillover effects that can disrupt student-teacher relationships, educator morale, and ...

In 2024, 27% of Washington students were chronically absent — slightly above the national average of 24%. Those few percentage points represent thousands of students and years of potential challenges.

Baltimore City principal Yetunde Reeves makes it a priority to encourage strong attendance at her school. Reeves, principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, said improving attendance is the first ...

In Rhode Island and other states, teacher and student absences rose during the COVID pandemic and then partially receded, demonstrating a shift in attendance patterns in which teacher absences might ...

A new study from City Education Partners reveals that approximately one in four children in the city are chronically absent. A chronically absent student is a student who misses at least 10% of the ...

Is it mental health? Transportation issues? Something about the school climate? A new task force will look into the state's ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are ...

In the last school year, Rhode Island public schools saw a decrease in chronic absenteeism rates for the third year in a row, amid new statewide programming aimed at bolstering attendance. Chronic ...