Views Staff Writer Alaina Babb argues that treating attendance as optional overlooks the academic, social, and long-term benefits of simply ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Hannah Willingham. Every fall, college students return to campus, accompanied by the ...

A flu bug has swept through campus recently, making many classrooms an exhibition of coughing, sneezing and sniffling. Sadly, many professors impose strict absence policies that only reinforce the ...

Ah, high school. It was the best of times, and the worst of times, but either way, it was also a time when absolutely everything seemed hugely important. Most people have skipped class a few times, so ...

Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Some teenagers skip class to smoke a cigarette. Others play hooky as an act of rebellion. But science fiction author Jim Butcher of Independence used to skip out at Truman High ...

Frustrated by students habitually skipping class, police and school officials in Anaheim, Calif., are turning to GPS tracking to ensure they come to class. The Anaheim Union High School District is ...

NEW DELHI: Skipping classes - or dropping out without informing the school - could lead to the revocation of student visa and even loss of eligibility for future American visas, the United States ...

History teacher Matt Brophy, left, works with Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste, 16, of Medford, Mass., on making up late assignments during summer school at Medford High School, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in ...