Since hitting a record high in 2022, national chronic absenteeism rates have dropped modestly — by about five percentage ...

Chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools is declining from pandemic-era highs but remains well above pre-COVID levels. States like ...

About 30% of California students were considered chronically absent — nearly 1.8 million students — for the 2020-21 school ...

The results come as districts enter a new school year determined to drive down chronic absenteeism rates that shot up as ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced California is on track to reduce chronic absenteeism by ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — Reducing the number of chronically absent students has been important for Kanawha County Schools.

Student assessment scores have not yet recovered from their decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a comparison ...

A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.

District leaders say cutting absences is among their most pressing challenges. Many students don't think it's such a big deal ...

RAND researchers estimated about 22% of K-12 students nationally were chronically absent last school year. Chronic absenteeism is up considerably from the typical 15% range before the pandemic.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) announced on Tuesday that Virginia is leading the nation in cutting chronic absenteeism in schools ...

Consistent attendance lays the foundation for a strong path towards graduation. While chronic absenteeism has a rate of about ...