absenteeism

At some schools in Baltimore city, 65 percent of students miss 20 or more days of school annually.It’s so bad that Acting Superintendent Tisha Edwards…

This month, Baltimore city school's interim Superintendent Tisha Edwards warned 61 principals that they could face disciplinary action if they don’t…

Chronic absenteeism—missing 20 days or more of school in a year—dropped in Baltimore city last year, but only by about 2 percent. This graph compares…

More than 17,000 Baltimore students miss 20 or more days of school a year. Many of these chronically absent students and their parents say transportation…

Baltimore city school officials say the number of homeless students enrolled in the district so far, 1,900, is higher than it was last year at this time.…

In Maryland, more than 85 thousand students miss a month or more of school annually, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. About 17,000 of…