The 2026 Attendance Crisis

Across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and numerous other regions, chronic absenteeism has surged to levels that education leaders now call a full-scale crisis. The OECD warns that high absenteeism is a major obstacle to post-pandemic recovery, creating a ripple effect that slows curriculum coverage, weakens foundational instruction, and widens inequities. In the United States, […]