Category: Mobility

Jun 05

Racism’s harmful impacts evident in graduation rates, homelessness and chronic absenteeism

By AdminRestor in anti-racism, Indicators & Predictors of Absenteeism, Mobility, Poverty, Protective & Risk Factors Absenteeism

“speak out against systemic and structural racism, and to work for racial justice and equity across systems. This means listening and learning with humility. It means speaking out in solidarity, not only in this present moment, but each and every day. “

Mar 26

With school closures and many online classes, schools need to focus on connection and contact with students not just attendance

By AdminRestor in Caring adult, Mental Health and Absenteeism, Mobility

Connections with students in virtual courses will be essential during the COVID 19 pandemic

Mar 23

When schools close, the safety and well being of students is affected, particularly those who are homeless

By AdminRestor in Adverse Childhood Experiences, Caring adult, Indicators & Predictors of Absenteeism, Mental Health and Absenteeism, Mobility, Physical Health, Poverty, Trauma, trauma

“For children and youth experiencing homelessness, early childhood settings and school may be the only source of food, education, health and mental health services, caring adults, and a safe place to be during the day. “

Feb 11

Students experiencing homelessness are chronically absent from school at a rate at least twice that of the overall student population, and significantly more often than their housed, low-income peers, University of Chicago

By AdminRestor in Mobility, Poverty, Research on Absenteeism

“Homelessness causes students to miss school, which can lead them to drop out, which then makes them 3.5 times more likely to experience homelessness as young adults. “

Feb 05

School bus as an intervention for chronic absenteeism? Yes and it could save money in the long run too

By AdminRestor in Mobility, Policies for Attendance

Rural schools: consider school bus routes as an intervention for chronic absenteeism

Dec 22

Student mobility and transfers from school to school has an impact on chronic absenteeism

By AdminRestor in Mobility, Policies for Attendance, Research on Absenteeism, Resources & Forms

“While some foster students choose to miss school for a variety of social or emotional reasons, foster care advocates pinpoint their constant mobility as the significant cause behind absences. “With each move, six months of instructional time is lost,” said Margaret Olmos, director of FosterEd California, a project of the National Center for Youth Law, …