A new state task force will examine the causes of chronic absenteeism and recommend strategies to improve student attendance.

THE STORY FROM CITY HALL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS POINT OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ...

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 ...

It has been over five years since the US shut down for COVID, and in many ways, the country has moved past the pandemic. For US schools, however, the pandemic’s toll has not passed so quickly. Student ...

Baltimore City principal Yetunde Reeves makes it a priority to encourage strong attendance at her school. Reeves, principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, said improving attendance is the first ...

The share of Louisiana students who regularly miss school dropped 2 percentage points last year — a notable improvement after absenteeism rates climbed two years in a row. The state’s chronic ...

The percentage of schoolchildren missing more than half of their classes has increased in the latest Department for Education (DfE) data, despite progress in overall school attendance. DfE figures ...