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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rate of students chronically missing school got so bad during the pandemic that it will likely be 2030 before classrooms ...

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 ...

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 ...

Connecticut has stronger chronic absenteeism policies than other states but is not quite hitting the mark for its five-year goal to slash student chronic absenteeism rates in half, according to a new ...

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%, ...

Often known for bottom-tier educational rankings, Oklahoma has improved over the national average in a critical area: student ...

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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% ...