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

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 ...

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 ...

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 group of Harvard faculty members say many students at the Ivy League university are skipping class, skimming or ignoring reading assignments, avoiding challenging discussions, and still graduating ...

ROCHESTER — Century High School freshman Rosetta Walker is well aware that her struggle with mental health is the reason she’s been absent from a lot of her classes. She’s trying to turn the situation ...

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — 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 ...