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

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 school breaks.The mum, from Suffolk, said she had received two fines from ...

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

Wednesday, January 29th marked the celebration of the Lunar New Year, a significant holiday for many Asian communities, and a ...

This is the first year the holiday falls on a school day since Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation in 2023 mandating school ...

It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023.

Lee Anne Daniel wasn’t always a teacher. She was a bank auditor and a private tutor before taking a long-term subbing ...

The shoe drive at Alta Vista Elementary School, which the nonprofit helped restart last year and held this year on Jan. 28, ...

Rochester area schools, and those around the state, are off on Jan. 29 to celebrate a holiday for the first time.