(The Center Square) – Chronic absenteeism affects the dropout rate, which in turn affects crime and the economy, Georgia lawmakers were told. The House of Representatives and the Senate have special ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - As Linn County schools enter the second school year under a stricter state truancy law that went into effect July 1, 2024, the rates from last year demonstrate a rise in ...
When employees are unwell 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 Centers for Disease ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Last school year, 25.6% of Ohio students missed so much class time that they were considered “chronically absent,” putting them at risk of learning loss and struggling to catch up. In ...
PHOENIX — A new report found one-third of Arizona public grade school students were chronically absent from school, which is double the absence rate before the pandemic. The Helios Education ...
The COVID-19 pandemic and schools’ responses to it resulted in learning loss that reversed two decades of progress on student achievement and drove chronic absenteeism to unprecedented heights. Yet ...
If you think that children are missing more school due to illness than they did before the pandemic began, you’re not ...