Teacher absenteeism rates can cause "significant learning loss" to students, according to a report released by the Heritage Foundation on Thursday. The Heritage Foundation’s education policy ...

The rate of students chronically missing school got so bad during the pandemic that it will likely be 2030 before classrooms return to pre-COVID norms, a new report says. But even that prediction ...

The current education crisis isn’t just about the need to support student academic recovery–it’s also about teacher retention. As districts nationwide struggle to keep classrooms staffed, many fail to ...

As school districts rush to address a recent surge in chronic absenteeism, states have improved efforts to track and report on it . But many still lack clear definitions that would help to insure ...

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BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released its 2024-25 Chronic Absenteeism Report on Thursday. The report shows Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate rose to 27.6%, ...

PHOENIX — A new report sheds light on another way the pandemic disrupted learning for so many students in Arizona. The report by the Helios Education Foundation finds 22% of students — or nearly 1 in ...

The number of D.C. public school students missing class has improved slightly in a new report, but still remains high. Chronic absenteeism dropped from 48% to 43% in the 2022 to 2023 school year in ...

Chronic absenteeism. It's a trend that hit certain grades pretty hard in the last year, not just across the state but right here in San Diego County. A new report from the Voice of San Diego shows the ...

Nearly one in four Arkansas' 258 public school districts -- 24% -- experienced "extreme chronic absenteeism" in the 2021-22 school year, meaning that 30% or more of students in a district missed 10% ...

When Dania Torres knocks on a student’s door, she doesn’t know if she’ll find a kid sick with the flu, a teen wrestling with substance use, a parent reeling from domestic violence, or a family ...