Scientific American

How To Decide whether a School Is Right for Your Kid

I’m an education researcher and a parent. Here are some factors to consider in picking the best possible school for your ...

Children with special educational needs are more likely to miss school—it's a sign of a system under strain

Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are twice as likely as their peers to be persistently absent from ...

Attendance in schools: How today’s absence impacts tomorrow’s outcome

In 2024, 27% of Washington students were chronically absent — slightly above the national average of 24%. Those few ...

Inside California’s high school of the future: It’s clean, no one cuts and biotech is a class

CART High offers work experience, academics tailored to students’ interests, stronger personal connections with staff and ...
The Yazoo Herald

Local breakdown of chronic absenteeism

The state department of education has released the most recent school and district chronic absence data report with the Yazoo ...
Schools Week

Texting parents number of school days missed improves attendance, study finds

Messages about number of days missed rather than total attendance percentage 'more meaningful' according to parents Messages about number of days missed rather than total attendance percentage 'more ...
Education Week

Do School Cellphone Bans Work? What Early Findings Tell Us

All-day cellphone bans are most common in elementary and middle school, the researchers found. Among high school teachers, 1 ...

Children missing more than half of classes increases as overall absence falls

DfE figures show 2.26% of pupils were severely absent, which means they missed more than half of their classes, from school ...

Send kids to school with a cough or sniffles? Some parents say no way

Chronic absenteeism remains high among California students. But some parents, especially those of kindergartners, don’t want ...