CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — The first day of school is fast approaching for many students around central Alabama. As families take these last few days to prepare, some districts are trying to help ...

A new study has found that school absence leads to lower educational qualifications and poorer wellbeing in early adulthood.

State education leaders will start tracking student absences on a monthly basis, continuing their efforts to address the massive spike in absenteeism following COVID-19 school shutdowns. “We need to ...

After nearly doubling during the pandemic, the rates of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools are finally showing steady signs of improvement. A student is considered chronically absent when they miss ...

Arizona School Superintendent Tom Horne called for stronger law enforcement responses to student absences, as chronic absenteeism in the state remains far higher than it was pre-pandemic. "Solving ...

Georgia education leaders, policymakers and researchers are on a mission to figure out why about 21%, or 360,000 of Georgia's public school students, were chronically absent last school year. The ...

Spells of school absence of one to two days at age 13 are linked to lower Leaving Certificate grades, a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. A chronic absence of 20 ...