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Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are pushing for improved attendance reporting in schools to address frequent ...

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The Carteret County Board of Education is set to hear the second reading and give final approval to a local policy revision ...

Pediatricians must disclose adverse events and medical errors to children and their families, according to an updated policy ...

School absence rules are in the spotlight after it was revealed that 1.6 million children nationwide are missing a day of lessons every other week – with 150,000 severely absent pupils missing ...

Nottingham parents should take some responsibility for the city's school absence rates as a government minister slams the "dangerous" idea of school being optional. The city was chosen as one of ...

More than four in five (81%) said a pupil was absent to attend a family event and 74% said a pupil was too anxious about school to attend. More than three in five (61%) said a pupil was tired ...

A Derbyshire mum’s petition to allow children time off during the school term – without parents being fined – has been signed by more than 107,000 people, possibly securing a debate in Parliament.

Paul Jenkins offers ideas and advice for schools looking to boost student attendance Missing: In the autumn term 2024, 22.7% of secondary school students were categorised as persistently absent, ...

Nikita Casap’s two-week absence from Waukesha West High School — as well as “weird or suspicious” text messages sent from his stepdad’s phone — prompted a police welfare check at the ...

These ambiguous diagnoses can be worrisome for both parent and child and can contribute to school absenteeism, Borowitz and Tersteeg note in a paper in the medical journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.