New data released by the Iowa Department of Education shows chronic absenteeism has dropped in the state by roughly 5 percent. This data comes almost two years after a new state law went into effect ...

Editor’s note: The story was updated at 12 p.m. Monday to add additional information. After a record-breaking year plagued by viral videos and numerous reports of overcrowding, The Big E drew nearly ...

THE 2025 IOWA STATE FAIR IS OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS. WE HAVE THE FINAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR. 1.16 MILLION PEOPLE HIT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THAT IS THE THIRD HIGHEST TURNOUT IN HISTORY. 2024 ...

Average announced attendance at Gopher football games fell sharply after near-record numbers. Reported numbers show that average turnout was down about 8,500 per game after hitting 52,000 last year — ...

The 2024 Iowa State Fair was the biggest in the fair's 170-year history. So, what will the encore look like? According to fair officials, total attendance of last year's event was 1,182,682. That's 12 ...

Several members of a new study group to examine Louisiana's high rates of student absenteeism pushed back this week against proposals to tie school district funding to attendance, warning that doing ...

For a fourth time this year, the Minnesota State Fair set a record for daily attendance Friday when 225,521 people visited the fairgrounds. That’s about 15,700 more people than attended the fair on ...

Kate Callahan, Iowa City School District director of student services, reported improved attendance levels for the 2024-25 school year, reaching levels not seen since before the pandemic, at the ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct information about the state’s chronic absenteeism rate for the 2018-19 school year. School attendance rates and chronic absenteeism in Colorado took a ...

One to unlimited. That’s the range of absences I’m allowed in my classes before it affects my grade. In my class with the most extreme attendance policy, one excused absence is permitted, and every ...