I looked at the mom/client sitting next to me at truancy court and gave her hand a squeeze. She looked up and gave me ...

School truancy has been a concern across the political spectrum for years. But proposed solutions have largely failed to address the core reasons for unexplained school absences. Despite the apparent ...

There were several reasons for the absences, according to his mom, Tamika. The Baltimore Sun is not publishing her last name, or her son’s, out of respect for his privacy and concerns Tamika has for ...

Missing a day here or there may not seem like a problem. But school absences add up quickly. Missing two days a month—excused or unexcused—can add up to a child being considered chronically absent.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Parents, residents, and community leaders in D.C.'s Ward 8 gathered for a roundtable discussion on truancy and chronic absenteeism plaguing D.C. Public Schools, which public ...

While California’s school truancy law remains on the books, school districts in recent years appear to have become less and less likely to enforce punitive measures against parents. Multiple phone ...

Despite decades of efforts to improve school attendance and truancy, a KXAN investigation found Texas doesn’t track student withdrawals due to unexcused absences. On top of that, schools are only ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly filed legislation by a state senator could shore up the state's collection of truancy court information and provide lawmakers and education leaders with a clearer picture of how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truancy problem-solving court is beginning a pilot program in Frederick County's circuit court and will hear its first case on ...

The Dodge County Attorney is sending a message to parents about truancy. Pam Hopkins says truancy rates in the county are higher than ever, so they plan to hold parents accountable. It comes after ...

Schools only have so many tools and intervention techniques at their disposal to mitigate a student’s truancy issues, and some districts have more resources than others. When a student continues to be ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — WREG Investigators found out about the thousands of children in Memphis who are not going to school, and whether it could be contributing to crime. We asked Memphis Shelby ...