Teacher absenteeism rates can cause "significant learning loss" to students, according to a report released by the Heritage Foundation on Thursday. The Heritage Foundation’s education policy ...

The rate of students chronically missing school got so bad during the pandemic that it will likely be 2030 before classrooms return to pre-COVID norms, a new report says. But even that prediction ...

Connecticut has stronger chronic absenteeism policies than other states but is not quite hitting the mark for its five-year goal to slash student chronic absenteeism rates in half, according to a new ...

A new report finds that teachers in traditional public schools are almost three times as likely to be chronically absent as teachers in charter schools. But some say the report raises more questions ...

As school districts rush to address a recent surge in chronic absenteeism, states have improved efforts to track and report on it . But many still lack clear definitions that would help to insure ...

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children ...

The number of D.C. public school students missing class has improved slightly in a new report, but still remains high. Chronic absenteeism dropped from 48% to 43% in the 2022 to 2023 school year in ...