Attendance rates, which hit historical lows after pandemic school closures during the 2021-22 school years, continued to recover last school year. Overall attendance increased 1.18 percentage points ...

During COVID-19, professors got used to staring at black screens dotted with colorful circles and asking questions to silent Zoom calls. It was a common situation during the pandemic era of online ...

For the first half of the 2024-25 school year, overall K-12 student attendance rates have improved, continuing the progress seen over the past two years, according to a new analysis from SchoolStatus.

In the landscape of K-12 education, attendance has long been viewed as a logistical issue–a checkbox to be marked, a statistic to be tracked. But what if we reimagined attendance not just as a policy ...

It may seem counterintuitive to focus on student attendance during the summer, but the break can give schools crucial time to connect students at risk of disengaging during the school year. More than ...

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Naomi Tolentino’s crusade against chronic absenteeism is inspired by the relationships she built as a teacher to immigrant students—some of whose numbers are still saved in her phone. Five years ago, ...