The federal immigration sweep that started in Baton Rouge earlier this month was followed by declines in student attendance, particularly in public schools with high proportions of Hispanic students ...

Educators across the New Orleans region are wrestling with an urgent question: what to do about students who are staying home during the immigration crackdown that has some parents too scared to send ...

An elementary school in Medford will be closed on Thursday for a deep clean after more than 130 students were out sick, and others in attendance noted feeling ill, amid a suspected norovirus outbreak, ...

On a typical school day in Australia this year, about 11% of students were absent. In 2014, the figure was 7%. Two in five students now miss about a day of school each fortnight on average. This makes ...

New data obtained by WWL Louisiana shows thousands of students were kept home from school in Jefferson Parish last week amid the ongoing federal immigration crackdown. In Jefferson Parish Public ...

The Georgia Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools unanimously adopted its final report on addressing the state’s chronic student absenteeism problem — and it may include ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools recommended taking away teen drivers’ licenses for being out of school too much. Chronically absent, or truant, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues to report higher-than-usual student absences more than a week after Border Patrol agents arrived in Charlotte. According to ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Durham reported 9,209 absences Wednesday, 29.72% of 30,988 enrollment. District recorded a 68% jump in absences between Monday and ...

Over 20,000 students were absent from Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools as federal immigration operations continue. Federal Judge Separates Male Inmates from Female Prison Population in Landmark Ruling ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education shows 33% of Oregon students were chronically absent last year, meaning they missed at least 10% of school days. For years ...