Japan is grappling with a growing crisis of school absenteeism, as new education ministry data shows a record number of elementary and junior high students avoiding the classroom. This trend has ...

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Chronic absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, creating major challenges for teachers and school administrators eager to bring students back to regular classroom routines. But for many schools, ...

A majority of parents and caregivers of students with high rates of school absences are not concerned about their children’s missed school days, new research finds. The findings by researchers at the ...

More Long Island students attended school consistently last year following an alarming surge in chronic absenteeism — but the absence rate was still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, a Newsday ...

About one-sixth of students at several Marin districts were chronically absent in 2021-22, according to new state data. The California School Dashboard, released Thursday, shows that in some Marin ...

Why don’t more principals understand the crisis that is happening inside their school buildings? The answer is not because absenteeism affects only a small number of high-poverty schools. Sixty-five ...

Chronic absenteeism — defined as missing more than 10% of school days — has been a lingering effect of the pandemic, forcing school districts to make extraordinary efforts to reach absent students and ...

Chronic absenteeism is on the decline nationally, but it’s still not down to pre-pandemic levels. A new study recommends a number of state policies that could help schools address root causes.

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