At Leesburg High School in Lake County, about three-quarters of the students are economically disadvantaged, and chronic absenteeism jumped from just over one-third in 2018-19 to almost 60% last year.

Sheeler High School is a small, public charter school in Apopka that’s rewriting the script and giving students a second chance.

ICE raid fears trigger Latino student absences, as experts warn of consequences Chronic absenteeism impacts children's health and outcomes and affects classmates and school resources, experts say ...

The study, released as a working paper on June 16, evaluated absences day by day in each of the districts during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 school years, as well as the current 2024–25 school ...

Business Student absences have surged since COVID-19. Some lawmakers say parents should be jailed By Mark Keierleber - The 74 Stacker Updated June 22, 2025 4:30 PM ...

ICE raid fears trigger Latino student absences, as experts warn of consequences Chronic absenteeism impacts children's health and outcomes and affects classmates and school resources, experts say ...

A fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, writes that the fear of immigration raids on schools ...

School absences reflect greater culture Recently retired after a 20-year career teaching secondary mathematics, I can attest to the daunting challenge (“The absence epidemic,” June 8) posed by ...

In a majority of states, chronic absenteeism has shown marginal improvements since its peak. Nationally, chronic absenteeism reached an all-time high in the 2021-22 school year of nearly 30%.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ivan Flores didn’t love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. “I was just at home doing nothing, waking up ...