Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study found that chronic absenteeism among high schoolers has declined since its peak during the 2021-22 school year, but ...

The current education crisis isn’t just about the need to support student academic recovery–it’s also about teacher retention. As districts nationwide struggle to keep classrooms staffed, many fail to ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released its 2024-25 Chronic Absenteeism Report on Thursday. The report shows Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate rose to 27.6%, ...

Chronic absenteeism rarely begins with a student deciding to break a rule--more often, it reflects a gradual erosion of engagement.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A new report on chronic absenteeism recently gave Ohio high marks for practices such as requiring schools to take attendance hourly but lower marks for investing in strategies to ...

Of Harford County’s 54 public schools, 10 increased their rating in the Maryland Report Card while ratings for two dropped, according to state data released Tuesday. Superintendent Sean Bulson ...

On Wednesday,D.C. Policy Center’s report, State of DC Schools, 2024-25 was released.

The COVID-19 pandemic and schools’ responses to it resulted in learning loss that reversed two decades of progress on student achievement and drove chronic absenteeism to unprecedented heights. Yet ...

A state senator emphasized that a new Indiana law changes how schools report chronic absenteeism data but does not alter local attendance policies or penalize families for excused absences. (Getty ...

Chronic absenteeism in Arizona high schools has decreased since its 2021-22 peak but remains above pre-pandemic levels. A recent report found that economically disadvantaged, American Indian, and ...