In today’s world, families have numerous school choices for their children and often rely on the experiences of neighbors, family and friends for advice. Families’ perceptions of the school — how they ...

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of students who are chronically absent—defined as missing just under one month of class—has doubled to 26 percent nationally, reaching crisis levels and ...

Ohio educators are encouraged to take a positive approach to school discipline. Maskot / Getty Images Schools in Ohio, like other schools across the country, are struggling to reduce chronic ...

Several members of a new study group to examine Louisiana's high rates of student absenteeism pushed back this week against proposals to tie school district funding to attendance, warning that doing ...

Something has been missing in our K-12 education system since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tragically, it’s the kids. Chronic absenteeism continues to be a major problem in schools across the ...

(Note: This is the second piece in a two-part series on absenteeism in schools. Read the first part, on seven insights from researchers.) Chronic absenteeism, when students miss 10 percent or more of ...

Chronic absenteeism soared in California in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating challenges for students who struggle to attend school regularly. Although chronic absenteeism rates have begun ...

The San Diego Unified School District has introduced plans for a new “Student Wellness Index” to identify various data that will provide a more holistic evaluation of student wellness, according to ...

The sentiment, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," penned by 15th century B.C. Roman poet Sextus Aurelius Propertius may keep greeting card companies in business, but employee absenteeism is a ...

Schools in Ohio, like other schools across the country, are struggling to reduce chronic absenteeism, which spiked during the pandemic. But Ohio may have a head start on dealing with the problem, ...