Chronic absenteeism — defined by the U.S. Department of Education as missing 10% or more of the school year — has emerged as one of the most persistent and complex challenges facing public education ...

Some Green Bay high school parents say their students are have been marked absent when they're in class. Here's what you ...

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 ...

Students from low-income households and certain racial and ethnic groups have a higher percentage of their school absences deemed unexcused than their peers, which means they are more likely to be met ...

One relatively simple and low-cost intervention for rural districts has the potential to reduce student absences by nearly 5%, according to new research. That intervention: Sending periodic, ...

For K-12 students, chronic absence, generally defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days, has escalated into a “full-scale crisis” since 2019, says a new report from the nonprofit Attendance ...

As the fall term winds down, many of us are thinking ahead to the winter and spring, planning courses and refreshing syllabi in anticipation of the coming year. One part of the syllabus design that ...

The El Paso Independent School District potentially lost about $3.25 million in state funding during the 2023-24 school year over unexcused absences and poor attendance reporting, according to an ...

Some of the classes at our university have unfair and unrealistic attendance policies. There are people who have no choice but to miss it or have other responsibilities that overlap take issue with ...