Read full article: Impact of Texas SNAP ‘sugar ban’ still unclear Galveston Firefighters (left to right) Cpt. Mark Morgan Jr., Cpt. John Fearrington, Engineer James Kothmann, Firefighter Gerardo Solis ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — School officials on Wednesday said communication from parents is key for Indiana’s new law on chronic absenteeism. Beginning with this school year, schools are required to meet ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District released data showing how often it referred kids to truancy court this school year, revealing a significant decline from the previous year.

Part two of the three-part series by investigative reporter Zoe Nicholson on the reality behind Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's graduation rate. This story was updated to correct that ...

While California’s school truancy law remains on the books, school districts in recent years appear to have become less and less likely to enforce punitive measures against parents. Multiple phone ...

The Dana Farber Cancer Institute, affiliated with the Harvard Medical School, has been accused of publishing studies that contain data manipulation. STAT's Angus Chen tells us more. And, more than ...

SAN ANTONIO — Over the last five years, lawmakers in Texas have been grappling with the issues of dropout rates and truancy. What's changed is the long held reliance on justice of the peace and ...

Reprinted with permission from The Birmingham Times. When Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin threatened to report parents of students that habitually skip school without an excuse to the Jefferson ...