Why Compassionate Responses to Truancy Work
Traditional punitive approaches often fail to address the reasons students miss school. Learn how Truancy 101 helps students understand the impact of chronic absenteeism and take responsibility for improving attendance. Truancy When students stop showing up to school, it’s easy to label the behavior as defiance or lack of motivation. But what if we responded […]
Student Truancy and Chronic Absenteeism: Causes, Interventions, and Solutions
What Is Truancy? Truancy refers to unexcused absences from school and is a leading indicator of long-term academic and social disengagement. Chronic absenteeism remains a nationwide crisis, with roughly 10.8 million K–12 students estimated to be chronically absent during the 2024–25 school year—still far above pre-pandemic levels (Diliberti, 2025). Unlike excused absences due to illness […]