Nearly a quarter of U.S. children did not show up for school regularly in 2025, a slight decline from the previous year but still up from about 15 percent before COVID.
Predictable transportation routines can improve students' readiness to participate in classroom learning, particularly for children with special needs.
With enrollment trends declining, and projections expecting that to continue, the Prince William County School Board decided to nix plans for what it hoped would one day become its 14th high school.
Every year brings another measurement, another rating, another adjustment to the rules. The goalposts seem to shift just as people begin understanding where they were headed.
