Community schools in California significantly improved test scores while reducing rates of absenteeism and suspensions in their first year, according to a new report by the Learning Policy Institute.

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

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Chronic absenteeism remains a problem at schools nationwide, but a new initiative at Trotwood Madison is trying to make sure kids return to school. District administrators credit ...

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 ...

"Every single day instruction is happening, which means that every single day a student misses class, a student is missing teaching and learning," Superintendent Dan Sims said.

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 ...

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 ...

When one in five children in Georgia is chronically absent from school, we’re not just facing an education challenge — we’re confronting a crisis that touches every corner of our state. Students who ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is reducing chronic absenteeism, but rates remain high, especially for high schoolers.