Reasons include stricter rules on returning sick kids to school, lack of hands-on learning, family crises, online options.

A parent has described a new set of classroom rules implemented at a school, which includes giving pupils a countdown, as "overly strict". Head teacher Philip Dougherty started at Pakefield High ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets ...

Duluth Police work to enforce bus stop arm violations, while Safe Routes to School focuses on education and infrastructure improvements for kids walking, biking, and rolling to and from school.

A version of this essay appeared on the FutureEd blog. Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too ...