Since hitting a record high in 2022, national chronic absenteeism rates have dropped modestly — by about five percentage ...

Chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools is declining from pandemic-era highs but remains well above pre-COVID levels. States like ...

About 30% of California students were considered chronically absent — nearly 1.8 million students — for the 2020-21 school ...

The results come as districts enter a new school year determined to drive down chronic absenteeism rates that shot up as ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — Reducing the number of chronically absent students has been important for Kanawha County Schools.

Student assessment scores have not yet recovered from their decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a comparison ...

District leaders say cutting absences is among their most pressing challenges. Many students don't think it's such a big deal ...

RAND researchers estimated about 22% of K-12 students nationally were chronically absent last school year. Chronic absenteeism is up considerably from the typical 15% range before the pandemic.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) announced on Tuesday that Virginia is leading the nation in cutting chronic absenteeism in schools ...

Consistent attendance lays the foundation for a strong path towards graduation. While chronic absenteeism has a rate of about ...

She said that in the 2023-2024 school year the county was at 20.58%. At the end of the 2024-2025 school year that had ...

The Mississippi Department of Education is promoting Attendance Awareness Month to reduce chronic absenteeism and promote the ...