Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and ...

Florida reopened schools earlier than some states but faces the same challenges of large shares of students missing a lot of ...

A new report shows absenteeism is a big problem in our schools.Last year, nearly one million students across the state of ...

In tenth grade he estimated he missed nearly 60 days of school, or a third of the academic year. He is part of an alarming trend. Absenteeism across Florida skyrocketed beginning with that COVID ...

Florida’s nearly 34% chronic absenteeism rate for that school year ranked 40th nationally, meaning it performed better than only ten other states. Advertisement ...

Florida is facing an attendance crisis with chronic absenteeism rates remaining at record highs and student learning at risk.

Rhonda Paulynice, 31, told investigators she was trying to exorcise demons out of her 6-year-old son's body when she ...

The Florida Board of Governors will decide whether sole finalist Santa J. Ono will become UF's 14th president.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ivan Flores didn’t love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. “I was just at home doing nothing ...