Abstract: Inefficiencies, cumbersome processes, and a significant risk of errors, delays, and misuse often plague conventional methods for tracking student attendance. To address these challenges, ...

The Faculty Senate debated the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education, attempting to strike a balance between encouraging independent critical thinking and acknowledging the ...

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on Tuesday released attendance data of teachers and administrative staff of the state’s school districts for the 2024-2025 school year. This ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. At Mather High School in Chicago’s West Ridge ...

As district leaders confront persistently high levels of absenteeism, they’ve put more thought into planning school calendars, strategically scheduling long weekends, staff workdays, holiday breaks, ...

Armed police handcuffed and searched a student at a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, this week after an AI-driven security system flagged the teen’s empty bag of chips as a possible firearm.

Quincy Public Schools revised its attendance policy, reducing the number of unexcused absences allowed. Consequences for excessive absences have changed. A support system, including incentives, ...

The city’s housing crisis has contributed to an education crisis, with more children than ever living in temporary housing. They face dismal outcomes. By Troy Closson It was 4 a.m., time for Latoya ...

LSU will be using student attendance from the first three weeks of the semester to affirm their eligibility for financial aid. Students are required to have attended or participated in each of their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon has one of the worst school attendance rates in the country, with more than a third of students missing enough class to be considered chronically absent. In the 2022-23 ...

Just days before the start of the fall semester, Newark public school officials announced that attendance in the 2024-25 school year was up and chronic absenteeism down for all grades. Districtwide, ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...