And Issac is not alone. Before the pandemic, about 8 million U.S. students were considered chronically absent, according to the research group Attendance Works. That's when a student misses 10% or ...

Dickey and the class then move the absent boy’s photo inside the heart. These attendance ceremonies may seem small, but they send a powerful message to every child in class: In Livingston ...

The U.S. Education Department data, analyzed by Attendance Works and Johns Hopkins ... if at least a fifth of its students are chronically absent. Overall, roughly 30% of students were ...

Even students who are consistently present ... chronically absent. In 2021-22, that number jumped to 66 percent of students. That’s a concern, even for students with good attendance, because ...

“Students must be present to learn,” Vandeven said ... drop — 40% were reported as chronically absent. “Some of these attendance issues could be related to the health and well being ...

Thousands more children will be classed as "persistently" absent from school as part of Welsh government plans to tackle an attendance "crisis". It is hoped that redefining persistent to include ...

7News also learned at that meeting that 60 percent of D.C. high schoolers were chronically absent last year. “Still, far too many students are out of school,” Kihn said. Attendance numbers ...

The Ministry of Education’s target is for all students to achieve 90 per cent regular attendance at school. That equated to just one day absent a fortnight, or six or seven days in a school term.