School absences spiked on Lunar New Year in Quincy, where 40% of the student body is Asian. The school board has rejected ...

As January lingers on, families may find themselves struggling with what a friend of mine has labelled the “electronic nanny”. Children have been out of their normal routines for weeks during the ...

Repeated failure can result in a conviction, a fine of up to £2,500, a community order and even a prison sentence of up to three months. The number of fines issued in England in ...

Nearly half a million fines were given to parents for term-time holidays in one year, figures show. Department for Education ...

A mother-of-four said attendance fines discriminated families who could not afford to take their children on holiday during ...

The vast majority (91%) of fines issued in the academic year 2023-24 were for unauthorised family holidays, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE).

A mum has said paying more than £800 in school fines is "worth it" to save "thousands" on a holiday. Rebecca Saunders, from ...

Families of disabled children are also far more likely to be unable to afford a holiday outside of term time because they are ...

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has reintroduced measures to make the Lunar New Year a federal holiday in conjunction with a resolution ...

The vast majority (91%) of penalty notices were for unauthorised family holidays, the Department for Education said.

Thousands of households will soon receive £300 payments through the government’s Household Support Fund (HSF), just in time ...