Chronic Absenteeism

Students in Washington, D.C. were less likely to miss school on days they had a scheduled tutoring session. Researchers think the relationship kids build with tutors has a lot to do with that.

The president’s pitch to continue some pandemic-era programs and increase financial aid faces a hostile Congress.

The Biden administration highlighted tutoring in Chicago and efforts to combat chronic absenteeism in Detroit as officials urged schools to do more to raise student achievement.

What did school communities face in 2023? Waning COVID relief funding, rising chronic absenteeism, and ChatGPT controversy, just to name a few.

A coalition called Every School Day Counts has been at it since 2012.

In Colorado almost a third of students are chronically absent from school.

Estudios indican que los estudiantes que faltan mucho a la escuela tienen mayor probabilidad de reprobar sus clases o salirse de la escuela.

The city’s population of homeless students was astronomical even before the recent influx, exceeding 100,000 for each of the past eight years.

The event was invitation-only, and a video will be available at a later date.

Newly released state data shows chronic absenteeism is higher than before the pandemic.

Amid efforts to tackle challenges students face, one administrator says her message remains: ‘You’ve got to come to school.’

Despite a modest improvement, chronic absenteeism rates are still significantly higher than before the pandemic.