More than five years after the pandemic threw schools off course, the latest evidence suggests that progress toward solving ...

Students started missing more school with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance is far from fully recovered as ...

Even in the freezing air, Romian Crockett stood outside Chalmers STEAM Elementary with a boombox blaring ’90s music. Swaying to the beat, the principal hugged or high-fived each student who walked ...

The Center for Supportive Communities staff and mentors. There are a variety of reasons a student might miss school, but if they miss too many days, becoming what’s referred to as “chronically absent” ...

Across the nation’s schools, chronic absenteeism is up and student test scores are down, but how much is the former responsible for the latter? Research from before the pandemic consistently showed ...

The share of Louisiana students who regularly miss school dropped 2 percentage points last year — a notable improvement after absenteeism rates climbed two years in a row. The state’s chronic ...

The Forest Grove School District is seeing a rise in student withdrawals, and the superintendent believes federal immigration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE — State education leaders will start tracking student absences on a monthly basis, continuing their efforts to address ...

The sharp increase in student absences we are now seeing in Rochester and across Minnesota as a result of recent federal immigration enforcement activity risks repeating those same harms if ...

Increasing instructional hours, and doubling down on efforts to curb chronic absenteeism could boost student outcomes, ...

Illinois' high school graduation rate has reached its highest point in 15 years, according to a community announcement. The 2025 Illinois Report Card released by the Illinois State Board of Education ...