In Tacoma and 16 other cities across the nation, school districts are boosting student attendance by sending home what they call “nudge” letters when students miss too many days of school.

His family recently received a truancy letter because his absence from school was unexcused. Richard Wilson California’s strict truancy laws are rubbing some parents the wrong way. A student ...

When those sick days add up without a doctor's note, parents are sent letters warning their child ... that all school age children be in regular attendance. Well, how do we do that with COVID ...

the school had recorded zeros for both girls She said she thought she had straightened out the problem until she received a letter from the district attorney ordering her to attend a truancy ...

The letter lets parents know they must attend the Early Warning Truancy Program with their child at the Civic Center next week. Each letter lets parents know which day they must attend their session.

Having Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy working with the counties’ school districts to combat school truancy is an innovative idea. I recently learned about this program from an ...