Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lawrence County School System has adjusted its controversial attendance policy which previously barred students from using ...

Chronic absenteeism has reached historic levels. Transparent, school-level data can help parents and communities turn the ...

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 ...

Johnston Community School District leaders are updating their chronic absenteeism and truancy policy to follow state law, which allows the Polk County attorney to pursue criminal or civil cases ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too? If so, what’s driving the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Senate passed through a bill unanimously that would change some issues discovered in a statewide ...

Lawrence County Schools has reversed its controversial attendance policy after significant community backlash. Doctor's notes will now excuse absences from truancy, but not from chronic absenteeism.