/tags/chronic-absenteeism Chronic Absenteeism en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-26/missouri-kansas-students-pandemic-recovery KIDS COUNT, an annual child wellness report, found 20% of students in Missouri and 27% of students in Kansas were chronically absent in 2021-2022. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-26/missouri-kansas-students-pandemic-recovery Jodi Fortino /education/2023-12-18/nearly-a-quarter-of-missouri-students-are-chronically-absent-as-school-attendance-rates-drop Missouri's education department has released new performance data finding chronic absenteeism remains a problem for many school districts. Among them are St. Louis Public Schools with 51% of students chronically absent, Normandy Schools Collaborative with 52%, Ferguson-Florissant with 43%, Hazelwood with 42% and Riverview Gardens among the worst in the state with a 61% of students chronically absent. Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:44:59 GMT /education/2023-12-18/nearly-a-quarter-of-missouri-students-are-chronically-absent-as-school-attendance-rates-drop Jodi Fortino /education/2023-08-15/parents-can-face-jail-time-over-unexcused-school-absences-missouri-supreme-court-rules Missouri Supreme Court Judge Robin Ransom wrote, with five in concurrence, that the unexcused absences in the case violated state law. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:00:17 GMT /education/2023-08-15/parents-can-face-jail-time-over-unexcused-school-absences-missouri-supreme-court-rules Annelise Hanshaw /education/2019-05-21/nacho-parties-and-shoutouts-how-one-st-louis-school-beats-the-attendance-odds The cheers at the end of the day could be heard down the hall and around the corner, all the way in the office where Sarah Briscoe was making daily… Tue, 21 May 2019 09:59:54 GMT /education/2019-05-21/nacho-parties-and-shoutouts-how-one-st-louis-school-beats-the-attendance-odds Ryan Delaney /education/2018-01-31/truancy-officers-work-with-families-schools-to-get-absent-students-back-to-class Charles Robinson’s morning is already upended.With a rap on the wooden door of his small office, he learns the mother of a child in his caseload overdosed… Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:14:52 GMT /education/2018-01-31/truancy-officers-work-with-families-schools-to-get-absent-students-back-to-class Ryan Delaney /education/2015-09-01/report-attendance-gap-starts-early-erodes-students-success Lost learning time often means lost potential.That’s the message from a new national report from nonprofits Attendance Works and Healthy Schools Campaign.… Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:51:45 GMT /education/2015-09-01/report-attendance-gap-starts-early-erodes-students-success Tim Lloyd /education/2015-08-14/city-officials-aim-to-get-more-kids-to-class You can’t teach kids if they’re not in class. With more than 27,000 students heading back to St. Louis Public Schools next week, as well as many of the… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:02:47 GMT /education/2015-08-14/city-officials-aim-to-get-more-kids-to-class Tim Lloyd /education/2014-05-22/st-charles-launches-push-to-get-students-in-class Educators and politicians in St. Charles say they have a plan in place to reduce the number of chronically absent students in the city’s school district.… Thu, 22 May 2014 10:27:00 GMT /education/2014-05-22/st-charles-launches-push-to-get-students-in-class Rachel Lippmann /2014-05-15/accounted-for-in-cape-girardeau-good-attendance-falls-on-the-parents Rhonda Dunham eases her way through the halls at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Back in the day she was a student at Franklin.Now she... Fri, 16 May 2014 00:57:54 GMT /2014-05-15/accounted-for-in-cape-girardeau-good-attendance-falls-on-the-parents Jacob McCleland /education/2014-05-02/accounted-for-in-rural-missouri-absenteeism-also-a-problem Principal Glenn Carter cracks open the door to an Algebra II class at South Pemiscot High School in rural Steele, Mo., where teacher Linda Crawford… Fri, 02 May 2014 14:33:00 GMT /education/2014-05-02/accounted-for-in-rural-missouri-absenteeism-also-a-problem