Several of Houston ISD's schools with the largest Latino enrollments saw drastic drops in attendance on Feb. 3 while the “A Day Without Immigrants" protest was observed nationwide — with one high ...

Before the bell rings, before a single test is taken or a lesson begins, one question is crucial to the school day: Who's not here today? In classrooms from small towns to big cities, chronic ...

Indiana’s absenteeism rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 17.8%, meaning nearly one in five students missed at least 10% of school days, or about three and a half weeks. Senate Bill 482, authored ...

A student who misses 10% of the days in a school year -- enough to be considered chronically absent -- will lose opportunities for counseling and will have an increased risk of educational issues.

About 270,000 Ohio students are on individualized education programs, which identify a student’s disability and create special education plan with support they need to learn. Thirty-four percent of ...

Dallas ISD's chronic absenteeism sits at 24%, said Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde. That's higher than the state average. "Minor incremental improvement is not going to change our student outcomes," ...