Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss ...

To report this story, the Orlando Sentinel turned to Step Up for ... money collected at each of the more than 2,300 Florida private schools participating in the program during the 2022-2023 ...