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

Why Schools Can’t Solve it Alone,” a new book by Wayne State University professors, notes that demands of parents’ jobs ...

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 ...

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 ...

There has been a drop in school engagement and wellbeing since before the Covid-19 pandemic, with higher rates of non-attendance and more school avoidance, a report into the School Complete ...

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 ...

Around one in eight (13%) said a pupil had been absent as they wanted to work online from home, according to the poll. In September, school absence fines in England rose from £60 to £80, and a parent ...

We continue to work to address non-attendance, and for our children and young people to be motivated to attend school, so that they can benefit from their education. “Fife is taking steps to ...

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.

The two highest-ranking officials at the Thames Valley District school board have left their ... of the board of trustees all started leaves of absence. Andrew Canham, superintendent of student ...

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.