Efforts to tackle record student absence are focusing on student behavior, but increasing attendance is as much about changing the school as the student. School attendance in many countries has fallen ...

Imagine this scenario: Two students are sick. Both miss five days of school. One student has a family physician, and their parents are familiar with school policies. This student returns to school ...

In Rhode Island and other states, teacher and student absences rose during the COVID pandemic and then partially receded, demonstrating a shift in attendance patterns in which teacher absences might ...

Getting students to school every day and on time can be a challenge. At Communities In Schools of Benton-Franklin, the ...

Frequent missed school days do more than harm students academically; they also damage teachers’ perceptions of chronically absent students. And teachers’ tendency to view absent students less ...

Increasing support for young people’s mental health is key to reducing student absence rates, according to a new report. School attendance rates have plummeted in the wake of the pandemic, with almost ...

Two Treasure Coast school districts exceeded the statewide average of chronically absent students during the 2021-22 school year. St Lucie schools tied for the 10th highest chronic absenteeism rate in ...

A Johnston elementary school is closed for two days because many of its students are absent due to illness. More than 20% of Beaver Creek Elementary school's students are absent because of illness.

Maine's largest district is tackling chronic absenteeism with school-wide initiatives aimed at making attendance fun.