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

Using texts, projects, and classroom policies, some English teachers encourage self-reflection and teach social ...

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 ...

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