In the years since COVID-19 forced schools to move instruction online, we've seen a renewed effort to get kids back into the classroom. But millions of children are not showing up to school ...

The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 14.7 million students, or ...

Chronic absenteeism rates in K-12 schools, which skyrocketed after school reopened following the COVID-19 lockdown, have fallen over the last few months nationwide and it’s possible that some states ...

The pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education: “Our relationship with school became optional.” By Sarah Mervosh and Francesca Paris Sarah Mervosh reports on K-12 education, and ...

A new school year is beginning, and students are returning to school, but the question this year is how many will return to attending consistently. Chronic absenteeism, the percentage of students ...

During the 2015-2016 academic year, the US Department of Education identified 7.3 million students as chronically absent, meaning that 16% of the student population, or approximately one in six ...

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.

Since hitting a record high in 2022, national chronic absenteeism rates have dropped modestly — by about five percentage points — according to the most recent available data, but still remain ...

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.