Chronic student absenteeism in Rhode Island remains higher than before the pandemic, affecting 22.5% of students who have missed at least 10% of the school year. Common reasons for absences include ...

April 2, 2026 - Julie Edwards' daughter brought home a Chromebook from school in second grade to work on math and reading. But soon she was watching Youtube videos. Students who are missing too much ...

THE STORY FROM CITY HALL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS POINT OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ...

The Baltimore City Council is taking steps toward addressing the root causes of school absenteeism, a problem that plagues Baltimore at a far higher rate than any other county in the state. Among the ...

ONE STUDENT AT A TIME. IN FALL RIVER, THE WORK TO GET AND KEEP KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM STARTS WELL BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. HI, IT’S MISS TAIWO CALLING FROM THE GREEN SCHOOL. IT’S STILL SUMMER ...

State lawmakers are trying to understand why children are missing class but now want to make it so schools cannot suspend or expel students for being chronically absent or habitually truant. The ...

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 ...

On May 30, AEI’s Nat Malkus hosted a three-part research symposium for scholars from AEI’s Chronic Absenteeism Research Working Group to present their latest findings. The first session explored ...

In 2024, 27% of Washington students were chronically absent — slightly above the national average of 24%. Those few percentage points represent thousands of students and years of potential challenges.

The COVID-19 pandemic and schools’ responses to it resulted in learning loss that reversed two decades of progress on student achievement and drove chronic absenteeism to unprecedented heights. Yet ...

According to a Uwezo Uganda report, a total of 270 teachers, representing 18 percent of the workforce in Namutumba District, are absent from duty daily. The report titled “Are our children learning?” ...