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 ...

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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 ...

Teachers feel more negatively toward children who are chronically absent than towards those who are rarely off school, according to a University of Pennsylvania-led study. Children who miss a lot of ...