COLUMBUS, Ohio (WLIO) — Gov. Mike DeWine says the state is taking steps to improve school attendance across Ohio. On April 15, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce will unveil a new tool ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After an historic blizzard dumped more than two feet of snow across New York City, and even more on Staten Island, schools faced challenges of low attendance, stuck school buses ...

Abstract: Inefficiencies, cumbersome processes, and a significant risk of errors, delays, and misuse often plague conventional methods for tracking student attendance. To address these challenges, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Public Schools is launching a new student attendance lottery to push for students to attend school. Superintendent Pascal Mubenga announced Wednesday that the district will be ...

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj receives funding from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Spencer Foundation The Obama administration issued a memo in 2011 that said federal officials should not ...

Getting students to school every day and on time can be a challenge. At Communities In Schools of Benton-Franklin, the strategy is centered on positivity, creativity and connection. Data and Program ...

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The No. 17 USC Trojans capped off their 2025 regular season, retaining the Victory Bell with a 29-10 win over the UCLA Bruins on Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In addition to keeping ...

The Faculty Senate debated the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education, attempting to strike a balance between encouraging independent critical thinking and acknowledging the ...

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 ...

As district leaders confront persistently high levels of absenteeism, they’ve put more thought into planning school calendars, strategically scheduling long weekends, staff workdays, holiday breaks, ...

Students in Illinois are still missing more school than they were before the pandemic and, for elementary school students, the number of days absent is impacting their learning even more than it did ...