Imagine this scenario: Two students are sick. Both miss five days of school. One student has a family physician, and their parents are familiar with school policies. This student returns to school ...

Nationally, one in six children miss 15 or more days of school in a year and are considered chronically absent. Education officials have lamented that all this missed instruction has for years ...

Students from low-income households and certain racial and ethnic groups have a higher percentage of their school absences deemed unexcused than their peers, which means they are more likely to be met ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Amid the Oregon Senate GOP-led walkout that has stalled dozens of bills, nine Republican senators and one Independent senator have garnered 10 unexcused absences — ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Changes to the attendance policy for Brunswick County Schools were approved in a unanimous vote at the Tuesday, May 7, board of education meeting. The changes appeared ...

I work for the Madison Metropolitan School District, the district studied in this report and the other key partner in the research-practice partnership. Eric Grodsky receives funding from NIH and IES.