If you’ve ever taught kids for a single day in your life, you know that students treat being on time as more of a suggestion than a rule. While the tardiness itself is annoying, the creative excuses ...

Several years ago, Achievement First, a charter school network serving primarily low-income black and Hispanic students, got an unpleasant wake-up call: Its students had done well on tests, but fewer ...

Ulster University student Samantha Johnson, 19, got an unexpected "royal pardon" for her tardiness this week, thanks to none other than Prince William. With hallways bustling and security checkpoints ...

For as long as there have been students, there have been WILD excuses for them being late or for not handing in assignments on time. It's one of our great traditions! But sometimes, those seemingly ...

Instructors are used to reading excused absence notes from their students. They have heard it all — dogs eating homework and students missing sleep and homework due to working late into the evening at ...