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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island Department of Education is implementing a new policy next school year that could keep kids back a grade level if they miss too many school days. It's an ...

Experts say solutions have to include the community and hands-on involvement. Kimberly Dukes is up as early as 4 o'clock some mornings, driving around Atlanta in her Ford Expedition, knocking on ...

School attendance rates and chronic absenteeism in Colorado took a slight turn for the worse last school year, adding 3,500 more chronically-absent students compared to the year prior. Colorado ...