“How will we know who we need to apply some extra resources to reach and connect with? Our kids are everywhere.”
Category: Policies for Attendance
Feb 18
Wait, what? Now I have to teach attendance too?
Every adult in school plays a role in teaching about attendance. Raising awareness that every school day matters is part of everyone’s task at school. AttendanceWorks has a great resource to infuse attendance into daily instruction.
Feb 10
Principals make a difference and impact improvements in student attendance, new study says
“Drawing on statewide data from Tennessee over a decade, … principal effects on student absences are comparable in magnitude to effects on student achievement.”
Feb 05
School bus as an intervention for chronic absenteeism? Yes and it could save money in the long run too
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
“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, …