The New Orleans school district is launching a new attendance strike force that will step in when schools try repeatedly but fail to get frequently absent students to show up, officials said Tuesday.

Parents—a vital link between students and schools—are key to any efforts to address the chronic absenteeism plaguing many schools across the country. But some educators report that parents’ attitudes ...

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For the first half of the 2024-25 school year, overall K-12 student attendance rates have improved, continuing the progress seen over the past two years, according to a new analysis from SchoolStatus.

During COVID-19, professors got used to staring at black screens dotted with colorful circles and asking questions to silent Zoom calls. It was a common situation during the pandemic era of online ...

Editor's note: This article has been updated to print a correction. The previous version of this article stated that the School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High School's and Alfred E. Beach High ...