How many students are still missing from American schools? Here's what the data says
1 year, 3 months ago

How many students are still missing from American schools? Here's what the data says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Since the pandemic first upended American education, an estimated 50,000 students are still missing from any kind of U.S. school. That’s according to an Associated Press analysis of public, private and homeschool enrollment as of fall 2022, and U.S. Census data in 22 states, plus Washington, D.C. The number of missing students has fallen from fall 2021, when over 230,000 students were still unaccounted for in an analysis by AP, Big Local News and Stanford University economist Thomas Dee.

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Record number of pupils in England ‘severely absent’ from school
1 week, 5 days ago

Record number of pupils in England ‘severely absent’ from school

Hindustan Times  

The number of pupils in England absent for long periods of time reached a record high last year, Government figures suggest. Department for Education data indicates that 2.3% of pupils were “severely absent”, which means they missed at least 50% of possible school sessions, in 2023/24, compared with 2.0% in 2022/23. A school leaders’ union warned last week that some …

Number of children missing school an ‘epidemic’, Education Secretary says
7 months ago

Number of children missing school an ‘epidemic’, Education Secretary says

The Independent  

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1.45 million California students are chronically absent. Can recess and cash get them back?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

1.45 million California students are chronically absent. Can recess and cash get them back?

LA Times  

Yaretzi Perez, 14, has missed a lot of school, and her mother, Eleuteria, has to leave for work early. Years after COVID-19 upended American schooling, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance, according to data collected by the Associated Press and Stanford University economist Thomas Dee, whose research tabulated about 12 million chronically absent students in 42 states and …

Schools BUCKLE under migrant strain: Last year's 146,000 child arrivals jacked up costs by $2 billion: classes spilled into hallways and teachers struggled with non-English speakers
1 year, 1 month ago

Schools BUCKLE under migrant strain: Last year's 146,000 child arrivals jacked up costs by $2 billion: classes spilled into hallways and teachers struggled with non-English speakers

Daily Mail  

Public schools are buckling under the strain of unchecked migration, with last year's 146,000 child arrivals alone jacking up education costs by more than $2 billion nationwide, researchers warn. US Customs and Border Protection says it encountered 145,474 children in the 2023 financial year A New York City decision to shutter a Brooklyn school to accommodate migrants sparked an angry …

More than 90,000 children are being homeschooled in England, new figures suggest - amid post-lockdown boom in parents keeping their children at home
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 90,000 children are being homeschooled in England, new figures suggest - amid post-lockdown boom in parents keeping their children at home

Daily Mail  

More than 90,000 children are being homeschooled in England, new figures suggest, amid a post-lockdown boom in parents keeping their kids at home. Seana-lee May, 30, has been homeschooling her daughter Millie-Rae, 11, full-time since September 2023 Laura became a home-educating parent after her neurodivergent daughter, Esmee, now eight, reached a mental health crisis in 2022 During the 2022/23 academic …

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school
1 year, 7 months ago

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school

Hindustan Times  

When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 school year, making them chronically absent, according to the most recent data available. Some of the things that prevent students from getting to school are consistent …

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
1 year, 7 months ago

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

Associated Press  

— When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Some of the things that prevent students from getting to school are consistent — illness, economic distress — but “something has changed,” said Todd Langager, who helps San Diego County schools address absenteeism. Those students face poverty and …

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
1 year, 7 months ago

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the …

Why are more students chronically absent in California, U.S.? Study examines troubling trend
1 year, 7 months ago

Why are more students chronically absent in California, U.S.? Study examines troubling trend

LA Times  

Juan Ballina, right, stands with his mother, Carmen Ballina, near their home. Dee concluded that while sickness may have contributed to the surge in chronic absenteeism, “it’s not really wholly explaining it … so the evidence is pointing to other substantive and enduring factors.” Dee and other experts attribute the absences to factors including the emotional and financial fallout of …

LOCALIZE IT: What happened to kids missing from US schools?
2 years, 1 month ago

LOCALIZE IT: What happened to kids missing from US schools?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our analysis found hundreds of thousands of “missing” students, …

The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school
2 years, 1 month ago

The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An analysis by The Associated …

About 152,000 California school-age children unaccounted for, research shows
2 years, 1 month ago

About 152,000 California school-age children unaccounted for, research shows

LA Times  

Despite being homeless, Antoinnyca Daniels, with help from a school principal, has managed to keep her children, Aiden Abiy, 8, and Amore Daniels, 4, in school. “Public school enrollment fell dramatically during the first two school years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with losses concentrated among the youngest students,” wrote Dee about the national picture in an essay accompanying the research. …

2 cities pursued more school for kids. Only 1 pulled it off.
2 years, 3 months ago

2 cities pursued more school for kids. Only 1 pulled it off.

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Jonathan Oliva is in third grade, but struggles to read and write. “He needs more time in school.” Lucas doesn’t know the man in charge of Richmond’s schools tried — not once, but twice — to give students just that. “I always feel a break is coming up, and that’s a relief,” said high school teacher John …

Nearly one in 10 school staff are absent, latest data reveals
3 years, 1 month ago

Nearly one in 10 school staff are absent, latest data reveals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The major headache for many education leaders remains one of trying to plug the …

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
3 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely

Associated Press  

Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Biden administration. Nearly 46% of public schools offered five days a week of in-person learning to all students in February, according to the survey, but just 34% of students were learning full time …

Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down
4 years ago

Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down

CNN  

CNN — The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn’t happen all at once. Enrollment is down across the board,” said Jessica Irving-Marin of Youth Empowerment Project, a program which helps high school students who can’t or won’t go to traditional school pass the equivalent of the GED administered in Louisiana. “What …

Around one in 10 state school pupils out of school for Covid-related reasons, latest figures show
4 years, 4 months ago

Around one in 10 state school pupils out of school for Covid-related reasons, latest figures show

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Around one …

Teachers and social workers search for students who are ‘missing’ in the pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Teachers and social workers search for students who are ‘missing’ in the pandemic

CNN  

CNN — In California’s Robla School District, the littlest of the 2,000 students are in pre-K, then there are the kindergartners up to sixth graders. CNN “We have some families that are having a difficult time with life in general right now,” Elisa Olmo told CNN recently as she set out to try to find missing students in Robla, a …

Ten million kids \'may never return to school\' after virus
4 years, 8 months ago

Ten million kids \'may never return to school\' after virus

Deccan Chronicle  

London: The coronavirus pandemic has caused an "unprecedented education emergency" with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned Monday. "Around 10 million children may never return to school -- this is an unprecedented education emergency and governments must urgently invest in learning," Save the Children chief …

Some 500 kids still not in contact with their primary schools
4 years, 10 months ago

Some 500 kids still not in contact with their primary schools

NL Times  

Even though primary schools and special education schools have been open again for two weeks, about 500 pupils are still not in school and have not had contact with their teachers, according to a poll by the general association of school leaders AVS among a thousand schools, NOS reports. At the start of April, when schools had been closed for …

Half Of U.S. Public School Students Are Home For The School Year
4 years, 11 months ago

Half Of U.S. Public School Students Are Home For The School Year

NPR  

Half Of U.S. Public School Students Are Home For The School Year Enlarge this image toggle caption NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated at 4:55 p.m. ET As of Thursday afternoon, 26 states, representing about half of the nation's public school students, have recommended or ordered their schools to remain closed for the rest of the academic …

The new reality of school at home: Overwhelmed. Isolated. Unfocused. Very Stressed
4 years, 11 months ago

The new reality of school at home: Overwhelmed. Isolated. Unfocused. Very Stressed

LA Times  

A senior at John C. Fremont High School in South L.A., Emilio Hernandez has a class load that is about as rigorous as it gets: AP calculus, physics, design, English, engineering and government. It’s just me reading and having to give myself the incentive to do the work.” It’s been three weeks since school districts across the state have closed …

Public schools expected to remain closed for the rest of the academic year, Newsom says
5 years ago

Public schools expected to remain closed for the rest of the academic year, Newsom says

LA Times  

California’s public K-12 school campuses are expected to remain closed for the remainder of the academic year in response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic as educators take on the massive challenge of distance learning for about 6.1 million students, state officials announced Wednesday. “Quite frankly, none of us knows when it’s safe enough for students to return to campus.” Newsom …

New Data About Schools; Teacher Walkouts Spread
6 years, 11 months ago

New Data About Schools; Teacher Walkouts Spread

NPR  

New Data About Schools; Teacher Walkouts Spread Enlarge this image LA Johnson/NPR LA Johnson/NPR This week, we're digging through federal data and cruising YouTube to bring you the most relevant education news. New federal data: Black students disproportionately punished, arrested Nearly every public school in the country reports to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights on issues ranging from …

New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants
7 years ago

New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants

NPR  

New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants Enlarge this image toggle caption Kayana Szymczak for NPR Kayana Szymczak for NPR There's good news and bad news in the weekly education news roundup, so read on! Sponsor Message A big new government report says school crime is down Between 1992 and 2016, the latest year for which data …

Number of disadvantaged students attending university falls for the first time
8 years, 7 months ago

Number of disadvantaged students attending university falls for the first time

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The percentage of young, disadvantaged …

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