Anyone who has ever been a student knows about the rules regarding academic misconduct, or cheating, as it is more commonly called. Plagiarism, copying others’ answers and “cheat sheets” are ...

Johnston Community School District leaders are updating their chronic absenteeism and truancy policy to follow state law, which allows the Polk County attorney to pursue criminal or civil cases ...

Before the bell rings, before a single test is taken or a lesson begins, one question is crucial to the school day: Who's not here today? In classrooms from small towns to big cities, chronic ...

Imagine being a student in an elementary school where one in three kids in your classroom is missing nearly a month of school during the year. Teachers repeat lessons, children struggle to keep up, ...

About 270,000 Ohio students are on individualized education programs, which identify a student’s disability and create special education plan with support they need to learn. Thirty-four percent of ...

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 ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are ...

At campuses across Houston, school committees huddle together to discuss popsicle parties, pajama days and other ways to connect with students missing class too often. Like districts across the ...

Chronic absenteeism remains a problem for LAUSD, but the school district is making gains, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said on his last house visit of the year aimed at driving student attendance.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- New data reveals fewer JCPS students have been chronically absent this year than last year, and the district is continuing its efforts to get more kids to school. "Obviously, ...

A student who misses 10% of the days in a school year -- enough to be considered chronically absent -- will lose opportunities for counseling and will have an increased risk of educational issues.