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As California public school enrollment declines again, state officials look to transitional kindergarten growth as a promising development.

Public school enrollment rose steadily throughout the first two decades of the 2000s. The National Center for Education Statistics was projecting public school enrollments to continue to grow, although its future projections were becoming less optimistic, thanks to falling immigration and birth rates. When COVID-19 hit, enrollments took an immediate dive, and the center lowered its […]

“90% of success in life is just showing up.” ― Woody Allen But what happens when you don’t? It’s one of the least discussed, argued, and politicized issues in education. It has been labeled a hidden educational crisis. Absenteeism has nearly doubled since the pandemic, and it’s not the case for the neighborhood truant officer.

El Paso County saw chronic absenteeism rates in school districts grow between 11% to 26%.

In multiple districts across the country, rates of chronic absence — the percentage of students who miss at least 10 per cent of the school year, or two full days a month — are up significantly, according to exclusive data compiled by CBC.