Abstract: Inefficiencies, cumbersome processes, and a significant risk of errors, delays, and misuse often plague conventional methods for tracking student attendance. To address these challenges, ...

School leaders are using supportive and empathetic approaches to help families of young children make attendance a priority.

A Gainesville middle school is boosting attendance with fun incentives and wraparound support, using community partnerships to keep students engaged and in class.

This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and ...

Preston Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute President Donald Trump entered office intent on reversing most of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness agenda, and ...

Central High School students march in an anti-immigration enforcement protest to the Minnesota State Capitol with fellow students on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. MinnPost’s journalists ...

Student attendance has dropped sharply in several Twin Cities school districts as families keep children home amid heightened fear over increasing federal immigration enforcement. With 3,000 federal ...

Getting students to school every day and on time can be a challenge. At Communities In Schools of Benton-Franklin, the strategy is centered on positivity, creativity and connection. Data and Program ...

It’s no secret teens spend a lot of time in front of screens — something like eight and a half hours daily, according to a 2021 survey. A new study from the University of Washington School of Medicine ...

Certain types of student loan forgiveness is taxable again after a law expired in 2025 that shielded borrowers. The taxation change applies to the U.S. Department of Education's income-driven ...

2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026. Student loan borrowers have spent much of ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...