For the latest report from the Education Recovery Scorecard, co-authored by Harvard's Thomas Kane and released Tuesday, researchers compared academic recovery in math and reading for individual school ...

Maryland lawmakers are seeking solutions for how to keep kids in school, as thousands of students are reported absent from the classroom for significant portions of the year. A bill sponsored by ...

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 ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Researchers Sarah Winchell Lenhoff ...

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 ...

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 ...

When one in five children in Georgia is chronically absent from school, we’re not just facing an education challenge — we’re confronting a crisis that touches every corner of our state. Students who ...

TULSA, Okla. — Union Public Schools reduced chronic absenteeism during the 2024-25 school year by 1.35 percent, or around 200 students, following the launch of the “Be Present to Win” campaign. Union ...

(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 ...

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Chronic absenteeism is an issue affecting schools all across Colorado. In the 2024-2025 school year, more than a quarter of students (28.4%) were chronically absent. That issue is even more prevalent ...