Every single day instruction is happening, which means that every single day a student misses class, a student is missing teaching and learning,” Superintendent Dan Sims said.

BUT FIRST, HOW’S THE STATE’S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FOCUSING ON ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS TO FIGHT LOW ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. JCPS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM NUMBERS HAVE IMPROVED THIS YEAR, BUT CAN STILL GET ...

School districts in Ashtabula County are exploring different strategies, programs and modules to fight chronic absenteeism.

Chronic absenteeism continues to pose significant challenges in U.S. schools, with 23.5% of students nationwide logging attendance issues in the 2023-24 academic year. However, SchoolStatus’ latest ...

If a student misses school twice a month, starting in kindergarten, they’ve missed about a year of school by the time they graduate. Missing 10 or more days each year in kindergarten and first grade ...

Five years after the start of the pandemic, one of the most surprising ways that school has profoundly, and perhaps permanently, changed is that students aren’t showing up. A recent symposium at the ...

This California district cut chronic absenteeism in half. Learn how they used insight and early action to reach families and change outcomes.

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 ...

GROW. AND I BET IT WILL. IN ANDERSON COUNTY DISTRICT THREE. WE’RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GROWING ISSUE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AT FLAT ROCK ELEMENTARY. OUR MAYA PAITON SHARES HOW ONE PRINCIPAL IS ...

Second grade students at Shelby Elementary were rewarded with a pizza party for their attendance rate in February.