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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study found that chronic absenteeism among high schoolers has declined since its peak during the 2021-22 school year, but ...

(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 ...