Chicago middle and high schoolers with fewer absences had higher test scores, the University of Chicago Consortium on School ...

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

The Center for Supportive Communities staff and mentors. There are a variety of reasons a student might miss school, but if they miss too many days, becoming what’s referred to as “chronically absent” ...

One of the ways that school has changed in the wake of the pandemic is that students often don’t see attendance as mandatory, experts say. While chronic absenteeism has declined from its peak in ...

Several Twin Cities schools have seen an uptick in absenteeism as some students and parents fear immigration officers might ...

Is it mental health? Transportation issues? Something about the school climate? A new task force will look into the state's ...

A crisis in Chicago Public Schools, more and more students are missing more and more class. According to the University of ...

Legislation sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner and Senator Angela V. McKnight to create the Chronic Absenteeism Task ...