"We can’t keep taking trips during the school year because you’re getting older, and it’s getting harder to miss school," I told my daughter. But here’s the thing: I’ve been telling my 11-year-old ...

A few weeks before winter break began, I sent an email to each of my children’s teachers letting them know that my family was headed for an epic trip to Antarctica. It would be a highly educational ...

Some parents believe that unless their kid is on death’s doorstep or extremely contagious, they should attend school. Others, however, believe that there are valid reasons, aside from illness, that ...

For years, hitting 100% attendance was something schoolchildren were told to aspire to, with parents and teachers keeping close tabs on sick days. But post-Covid, there seems to have been a shift in ...