New Jersey schools had a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-24 school year. The state will be taking a closer look ...

Absenteeism refers to frequent or prolonged absence from work, often beyond what is considered normal or acceptable. While ...

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children ...

Gabrielle Pobega knows kindergarten is more than just kids coloring, playing and singing songs, so she made sure her daughter made it to kindergarten at Lincoln Park Academy in Cleveland every day.

Although the rate of chronic absenteeism in Frederick County Public Schools has not returned to its pre-pandemic rate, the school district’s average dropped about 5 percentage points — from 25.8 in ...