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 ...

This story was updated to provide additional information on the data collected from California districts for the 2022-23 school year by a consulting firm. Veronica Lopez has twin fifth-grade daughters ...

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 ...