Press Releases
Analysis Finds More Than One in Four Students Attend Schools with High or Extreme Levels of Chronic Absence
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2018 – Nearly 8 million students in the nation were chronically absent in the 2015-16 school year, while one out of every four students attend schools with high or extreme levels of chronic absence. Now for the first time, a new…
Almost 10,000 Public Schools Reporting 30% of Students are Chronically Absent
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2017 – There are almost 10,000 public schools across the United States – or 11 percent of the total – at which chronic student absence rates affect 30 percent or more of their students, a new analysis shows.
New Report Shows Chronic Absenteeism Concentrated in 4% of Districts
SAN FRANCISCO, September 6, 2016 – Nine out of 10 U.S. school districts experience some level of chronic absenteeism among students, but half of the nation’s chronically absent students are concentrated in just 4 percent of its districts, according to a new analysis of federal…
New OCR Brief Shows U.S. Schools Facing Crisis in Student Attendance
Washington, D.C., June 7, 2016 – The release of the first-ever national compilation of data on how many public school students are missing so much school they are academically at risk shows the country is facing a crisis of chronic absence that’s keeping millions of…
New Research, Policy Brief, Contest Announced in First-Ever Nationwide Attendance Awareness Month
Aug. 26, 2013 — As 55 million students return to U.S. schools this fall, 40 national organizations and as many as 900 schools and community groups are sounding the alarm about a crisis of absenteeism that is eroding academic achievement and putting students at greater…
