It was Dec. 16 and the student, a sixth-grader, had already missed 20 days of school due to unexcused absences.

Students from low-income households and certain racial and ethnic groups have a higher percentage of their school absences deemed unexcused than their peers, which means they are more likely to be met ...

In Rhode Island and other states, teacher and student absences rose during the COVID pandemic and then partially receded, demonstrating a shift in attendance patterns in which teacher absences might ...

One relatively simple and low-cost intervention for rural districts has the potential to reduce student absences by nearly 5%, according to new research. That intervention: Sending periodic, ...

For K-12 students, chronic absence, generally defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days, has escalated into a “full-scale crisis” since 2019, says a new report from the nonprofit Attendance ...

Teachers in the USA's largest school districts missed an average of 11 days, according to a report on teacher attendance released Tuesday. The study from the National Council on Teacher Quality looked ...

The El Paso Independent School District potentially lost about $3.25 million in state funding during the 2023-24 school year over unexcused absences and poor attendance reporting, according to an ...

The state and its largest school district, Clark County, have both pledged to reduce absenteeism rates that soared during the ...

Here’s why your small business needs an attendance policy as well as how to write an effective one — and a sample attendance policy template.

Some of the classes at our university have unfair and unrealistic attendance policies. There are people who have no choice but to miss it or have other responsibilities that overlap take issue with ...

At Michigan State University, the attendance policy for undergraduate students is merely a set of guidelines: Students can receive an excused absence for a grief-related instance, medical emergency, ...