Research from the University of Chicago finds Chicago Public Schools students are more likely to go to class when they have ...

Students started missing more school with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance is far from fully recovered as ...

Chronic absenteeism remains a big problem for American students, a new report from RAND researchers shows. It remains more common now than it was before the pandemic upended school life a few years ...

Chronic absenteeism—missing over 10 percent of school days—remains a persistent challenge for too many districts. Reducing it is complicated but badly needed. Our organization, EveryDay Labs, partners ...

Illinois State Board of Education recently published its annual Illinois Report Card. The report card contains data on things like standardized test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.

The biggest problem in education is that kids aren’t showing up to school. Last year, 26 percent of students missed a month of class or more, leading to dramatic declines in academic performance.

Colorado schools are nearing the end of their second month of classes — and already some on the Western Slope are seeing signs of improvement from last year’s heightened chronic absenteeism rates.

LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho, right, exits an electric school bus with teachers and community members while making home visits to boost attendance ahead of the new school year. (Genaro Molina/Los ...

The biggest problem in education is that kids aren’t showing up to school. Last year, 26 percent of students missed a month of class or more, leading to dramatic declines in academic performance.

Colorado schools are nearing the end of their second month of classes — and already some on the Western Slope are seeing signs of improvement from last year’s heightened chronic absenteeism rates.