Some days, it takes Elyazar Holiday two hours and four buses to travel the 20 miles from his home on the far west side of Detroit to his school on the edge of the east side of the city. Principal ...

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 ...

School districts in Ashtabula County are exploring different strategies, programs and modules to fight chronic absenteeism.

After nearly doubling during the pandemic, the rates of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools are finally showing steady signs of improvement. A student is considered chronically absent when they miss ...

With California struggling to lower student absences since the pandemic, state educational leaders have pledged to reduce chronic absenteeism by 50% over the next five years. California State ...

Arlington Public Schools leaders hope to return to a lower, pre-Covid level of student absenteeism by 2030. “That last year before the pandemic, 2018-19, we were around [an] 8% rate. We have been ...

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 ...

School 6 in Paterson, New Jersey, has a chronic absenteeism rate above 50%, significantly higher than the state average. The school district has not fully complied with legal requirements for parent ...

As a focus on pandemic recovery fades from public discourse, New York City’s school attendance crisis remains in full effect, according to new data released Wednesday. About one-third of public school ...