Jan 25
“the nonprofit Center for Reinventing Public Education found that little more than 1 in 4 districts required taking attendance at all once schools moved to remote learning during the first wave of pandemic quarantines. But there’s wide variation in how districts are asked to monitor student attendance, and experts argue existing systems intended to flag students who need support may fall short because of it.”
Jan 25
The losses are quantified in often horrifying detail by Lost Opportunities, a report recently released by The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and the Learning Policy Institute. NEPC Fellow Dan Losen of the UCLA Civil Rights Project wrote the report with Paul Martinez, also of the Civil Rights Project.”
Jun 13
“Over the past decade, a growing body of knowledge of what works to improve attendance for groups of students with disproportionately high rates of chronic absence has emerged due to the hard work of a practitioners and researchers across the country. With nearly eight million students chronically absent nationwide, we can’t afford to waste time and resources doing business as usual. Our students and families deserve better.”
Jun 05
“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. “
Apr 27
“Missing school takes a toll on academic achievement, especially for disadvantaged students.”
Mar 23
“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 28
Without a systemic lens, trauma-informed practice can draw teachers’ attention to the trauma behaviors that students exhibit, potentially pathologizing children for the very behaviors that research on trauma has illuminated and then blaming their families for their trauma.”
Feb 11
“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. “
Jan 29
With limited resources in schools, it is helpful to direct school based asthma interventions to those students whose attendance is most impacted by asthma.