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The president is not alone in doing nothing about the epidemic of gun violence and not even the worst of the lot. Under ...
As the new school year approaches, South Florida is witnessing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases. According to state ...
Institutions in other countries are recognizing opportunity in the upheaval caused by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
As part of its crackdown on immigration, President Donald Trump’s administration is pressuring U.S. colleges to reduce their dependence on international enrollment while adding new layers of scrutiny ...
The CDC is tracking a summer rise in COVID-19 cases across the U.S., with Florida showing some of the steepest increases.Dr.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted an education roundtable on Wednesday morning in Tampa. At the event, DeSantis announced that teacher vacancies in the state are down 17.7% in the 2025-2026 school year ...
Through March of last school year, nearly one in five Massachusetts students were chronically absent, meaning they had missed more than 10 percent of school days. Over a full year, that’s 18 school ...
The 74 reports that dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism, and while some focus on support and incentives, others look to leverage punishments.
End-of-year testing results show Florida students were more proficient in math and reading than a year ago. Statewide progress monitoring scores, announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday, detail ...
School social workers fight absenteeism It is distressing to read of an absence epidemic in public schools (“Special Report: Schools face alarming rise in student absences,” June 8).
Recently retired after a 20-year career teaching secondary mathematics, I can attest to the daunting challenge (“The absence epidemic,” June 8) posed by student absences.