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 ...

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school year — which includes missing school for any reason, and not just unexcused absences ...

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line Students in kindergarten through third grade who miss 10% or more of the school year are about twice as ...

California’s chronically absent students missed an average of 33.4 school days in 2024-25. Gaps in missed days vary across student subgroups and from county to county.

In the wake of the pandemic, more students are missing school than ever before. But there are steps parents and schools can take to get kids back into class. In 2019, before the pandemic began, nearly ...