In 2026, Ballotpedia will cover elections for more than 30,000 school board seats. We’re expanding our coverage each year ...

As the Centers for Disease Control put it, “students who are physically active tend to have better grades, school attendance, ...

Chandigarh’s education department has introduced an automated SMS system across its 111 government schools to notify parents ...

Poor school attendance can negatively affect young people's behavior and future health. It is a growing public health concern ...

The start of the school year is here, and Ohio has a new attendance policy that lowers the threshold for when parents get notified about how much school their kid has missed. "We are going from what ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Ohio parents can expect more frequent communication from school front offices this year thanks to a new state law. Now, every single missed school day—including excused sick days, ...

WICKLIFFE, Ohio — As students return to classrooms across Ohio, parents may start hearing from their child's school sooner if they miss class. Ohio school districts are beginning the 2026-27 school ...

Changes in Ohio state law require schools to respond sooner when students are absent. It also removes the condition of medically excused absences, which means doctor appointments can now count toward ...

Georgia law requires most children to attend school during their elementary and secondary years, but there are specific rules for age requirements, absences and withdrawing from school. Under Georgia ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As students return to classrooms across Ohio, families may notice changes to how schools track absences and when districts step in to help students who are missing class. As ...

Agefield High: Rock the School — the indie open-world high school game that had positioned itself as the Bully successor Rockstar never built — launched on Steam today, August 12, at 12:00 PM ET, and ...

South Bend schools saw significant increases in student attendance and decreases in truancy during the 2025-26 school year. Officials say the current manual system for tracking attendance is not ...