Oct. 20—A recent report by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli stated that chronic absenteeism rates among New York public and charter school students increased sharply as schools transitioned back ...

The biggest problem in education is that kids aren’t showing up to school. Last year, 26 percent of students missed a month of class or more, leading to dramatic declines in academic performance.

School is out for the summer, but student absenteeism is an issue that we should care about as a community at any time of the year. It’s not an exaggeration to call chronic absenteeism one of the ...

(The Center Square) – Chronic absenteeism affects the dropout rate, which in turn affects crime and the economy, Georgia lawmakers were told. The House of Representatives and the Senate have special ...

Five years after the start of the pandemic, one of the most surprising ways that school has profoundly, and perhaps permanently, changed is that students aren’t showing up. Here are some insights from ...

In 2024, 27% of Washington students were chronically absent — slightly above the national average of 24%. Those few percentage points represent thousands of students and years of potential challenges.

When students frequently miss class, those absences affect more than their own grades. Chronic absenteeism has spillover effects that can disrupt student-teacher relationships, educator morale, and ...

The top reasons students miss class are due to illness (67%), feeling down or experiencing anxiety (10%), oversleeping (9%), and being uninterested in attending (7%), according to a 2025 RAND Corp.

Baltimore City principal Yetunde Reeves makes it a priority to encourage strong attendance at her school. Reeves, principal of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, said improving attendance is the first ...

A new study from City Education Partners reveals that approximately one in four children in the city are chronically absent. A chronically absent student is a student who misses at least 10% of the ...

A recent report by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli stated that chronic absenteeism rates among New York public and charter school students increased sharply as schools transitioned back to ...