Undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me the note "Four minutes is too long" along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare ...

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

The state's new weekly attendance tracking tool demands real work from every school district in Ohio, but nobody can answer the question Today in Ohio hosts are asking: who is this actually for?

Chronic absenteeism is predictable and preventable--if district leaders respond quickly enough to change the pattern.

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...

Abstract: Inefficiencies, cumbersome processes, and a significant risk of errors, delays, and misuse often plague conventional methods for tracking student attendance. To address these challenges, ...

Central High School students march in an anti-immigration enforcement protest to the Minnesota State Capitol with fellow students on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. Citing safety concerns ...

Getting students to school every day and on time can be a challenge. At Communities In Schools of Benton-Franklin, the strategy is centered on positivity, creativity and connection. Data and Program ...

It’s no secret teens spend a lot of time in front of screens — something like eight and a half hours daily, according to a 2021 survey. A new study from the University of Washington School of Medicine ...

Certain types of student loan forgiveness is taxable again after a law expired in 2025 that shielded borrowers. The taxation change applies to the U.S. Department of Education's income-driven ...

Forest Hills Elementary School in Alabama has introduced a real-life 'Elf on the Shelf' to spread holiday cheer and improve student attendance.Assistant Principal Jon Ray Russell, known to students as ...

I feel guilty about the lie we’d have to keep up, but we would be much happier. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and ...