When employees aren’t well or juggling too much, elevated rates of absenteeism are one signal for organizations to look for. And that signal comes at a cost for organizations. The CDC reports that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The percentage of students with good attendance fell sharply between 2019 and 2023, while the share of chronically absent students ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Chronic absenteeism remains a problem at schools nationwide, but a new initiative at Trotwood Madison is trying to make sure kids return to school. District administrators credit ...

With California struggling to lower student absences since the pandemic, state educational leaders have pledged to reduce chronic absenteeism by 50% over the next five years. California State ...

ParentSquare, the leading family engagement infrastructure for K–12 districts, today announced new capabilities designed to help districts reduce chronic absenteeism through consistent, empathetic ...

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 ...

Arlington Public Schools leaders hope to return to a lower, pre-Covid level of student absenteeism by 2030. “That last year before the pandemic, 2018-19, we were around [an] 8% rate. We have been ...

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Several members of a new study group to examine Louisiana's high rates of student absenteeism pushed back this week against proposals to tie school district funding to attendance, warning that doing ...

School 6 in Paterson, New Jersey, has a chronic absenteeism rate above 50%, significantly higher than the state average. The school district has not fully complied with legal requirements for parent ...