A surge in students’ chronic absenteeism since the return to in-person classes hasn’t discriminated, threatening academic recovery in schools of all sizes and demographic makeups across the country.

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. After years of working to restore students’ attendance rates in the aftermath of the ...

Nearly half of high schoolers attending a West Rock environmental charter school were “chronically absent” during the first two months of the school year — an uptick that school leaders are working to ...

A silent crisis is unfolding in our schools and impacting millions of California students: chronic absenteeism. The consequences of unchecked absenteeism are severe and far-reaching. It starts ...

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Common Ground’s recent attendance report. Credit: Common Ground data Nearly half of high schoolers ...