EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets Imagine this scenario: Two students are sick. Both miss five days of school. One student has a family physician, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Just one year later, after implementing an artificial intelligence solution for tracking attendance and contacting parents, that figure has dropped to 20%, resulting in improved educational outcomes.

As the fall term winds down, many of us are thinking ahead to the winter and spring, planning courses and refreshing syllabi in anticipation of the coming year. One part of the syllabus design that ...

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 authority for excusing all class absences rests with the instructor of the course. If the professor is requesting confirmation of documentation, please reach out to your College Assistant Dean’s ...