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 ...

Ohio’s chronic absence rate was higher than the national average in the 2021-2022 school year, when absenteeism peaked in ...

Reasons for missing school range from illness to bullying, academic struggles, boredom and instability at home.

Ohio’s charter schools face a chronic absenteeism crisis, with one in three students missing significant class time.

Colorado schools are nearing the end of their second month of classes — and already some on the Western Slope are seeing ...

Indiana’s chronic absenteeism rate has improved for the third year in a row, but legislators know there is still more work to ...

A recent study found that chronic absenteeism among Arizona high schoolers has declined since its peak, but is still above ...

Ohio has updated its school attendance laws because the state says chronic absenteeism is an urgent issue. While trending ...

Some students in the Massena Central School District have become prone to skip half-days of school in recent years, a trend ...

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 ...

LAUSD kindergartners have high rates of chronic absenteeism. It's a problem that could affect literacy proficiency and social ...

That number, called chronic absenteeism, stood at 29.9% for the 2023-24 school year and dropped to 26.4% last year for all ...