One ethical argument in favor of dismissing is based on parents having a moral obligation to vaccinate their children to ...

Norovirus is a common illness that spreads quickly—especially during winter—but it can make people sick anytime. Norovirus is ...

The Carteret County Board of Education approved a local policy revision that clarifies when parents can request excused ...

More than 171,000 pupils missed at least half of possible school sessions in 2023/24, Department for Education statistics show. The number of pupils in England absent for long periods of time ...

School absence is a source of frustration for educators, just as it is for policymakers. All of us who have worked in teaching will know that looking out from the front of a classroom to see the same ...

Persistent absence refers to children who miss 10 per cent or more of school, which equates to a full day of school missed every fortnight, and can significantly inhibit a child's academic ...

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 ...

The Isle of Wight Council has said improving school attendance is an "ongoing effort" after new figures show the persistent absence rate is considerably higher than the national average. In data ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A bill to implement truancy fines is under discussion in Salem. Truancy fines are penalties levied ...

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

Labour’s schools minister has promised action to turn around an absence “crisis” holding back children in the North East. Catherine McKinnell told a conference of school leaders in ...

Department for Education (DfE) data indicates that 2.3% of pupils were “severely absent”, which means they missed at least 50% of possible school sessions, in 2023/24, compared with 2.0% in ...