Today, the majority of Minnesota students cannot read or do math at grade level. One strong contributor is the fact that many students don’t attend class. In Minnesota, there’s been…
The newest iteration of the Minnesota Principals Survey, conducted in November 2025 and newly released in Spring 2026, can give policymakers a glimpse into the perspectives of principals, assistant principals,…
Ohio policymakers have announced the creation of a statewide Attendance Dashboard that will be used to combat chronic absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism occurs when a student is absent from school for…
Even a highly capable, incredibly thoughtful Minnesota teacher may be stymied in the classroom by a lack of consistent student attendance. When students aren’t present, they lose essential instructional time…
Fourteen states have committed to cutting their chronic absenteeism rates in half in five years, accepting the challenge to do so from a group of education advocates. Attendance Works, EdTrust,…