With thousands of Baltimore students recently reported absent for a third or more of the school year, the City Council is taking action on chronic absenteeism. Councilmember Mark Conway is “taking the lead” with a resolution he proposed earlier this week,

The Baltimore City Council held its first meeting of the year on Monday with a sharpened focus on student absenteeism. Councilman Mark Conway, D-District 4, introduced a bill to get to the root of chr

Chronic student absences was a key topic in Baltimore city's council meeting on Monday. Councilman Mark Conway introduced a bill that encourages the Baltimore school system to explore causes of student absences.