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Absenteeism Rate: How To Calculate It (Plus Free Calculator)

Every workforce has some absences. People get sick, need to handle emergencies, and take the occasional mental health day. The absenteeism rate is the metric that tells you whether...

New Report Ties Chronic Absenteeism to Sluggish Academic Outcomes

Districts where students missed more school days were slower to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels, NWEA found. The post New Report Ties Chronic Absenteeism to Sluggish Acad...

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A New Tool Can Predict Absenteeism—Before It's Chronic

A researcher-made tool takes student data into account to predict the risk of chronic absences.

Chronic Absenteeism Is Linked to Slower Academic Recovery in Math, Reading

A new study adds to the evidence base suggesting attendance is a key to raising student achievement.

Nearly a quarter of the nation’s children are chronically absent from school in ‘ominous’ trend: researchers

Absenteeism is down since peaking during pandemic, but districts across the country are still struggling

High absenteeism in healthcare costs Dutch economy at least €5.8 billion per year

Dutch health care institutions lose at least 5.8 billion euros each year because employees call in sick, according to a report from ABN AMRO.

D.C. Has a Serious Problem With City Workers Going AWOL

Vancouver Public Schools joins regional healthcare, education leaders to address chronic absenteeism

Thirty-six percent of students in Vancouver Public Schools were chronically absent during the 2024-25 school year, 9 percent higher than the state average.

Local school districts work to prevent chronic absenteeism

Students across the Valley are heading back to school. This year, families can expect to hear about some new attendance standards set by the state.

School absences due to illness at highest level in three years

Schools around the country are being forced to double up classes and roster some years home, as winter illnesses take their toll.

Mum shocked by school’s warning over sick kids’ absences

A severe flu season is keeping children home from school, but even legitimate sick days can still count towards attendance thresholds and prompt contact from schools.

Three North Carolina schools made big gains on chronic absenteeism. Here’s what they’re doing.

At Washington County High School, Principal Torrey Hines learned that some students were spending part of the school day at a barbershop instead of attending an intervention period...