Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine being a student in an elementary school where one in three kids in your classroom is missing nearly a month of school ...

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school year — which includes missing school for any reason, and not just unexcused absences ...

When you run a small business, you don't have many employees, and sometimes one employee makes up an entire department. When a key employee is absent -- especially if it is a prolonged absence -- it ...

Students in kindergarten through third grade who miss 10% or more of the school year are about twice as likely to switch school districts — and their attendance problems often follow them, according ...

In December, Eva Garcia’s daughter, a high school junior, came in close contact with a COVID-19-positive family member, forcing her to quarantine. A few days later, her daughter also tested positive, ...

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures. Students who attend school less frequently ...

What do deadbeat dads, estranged or dead relatives, and birth parents in closed adoptions have in common? What they have in common is the power of absence. That's when what isn't there is what ...