- “Barriers are factors that impede a student from getting to school. While some barriers affect families in low-income communities more, others such as transportation cut across all income levels.
- Negative School Experiences include a range of challenges, such as bullying or unfair disciplinary practices, that cause a student or a student’s family to avoid school.
- Lack of Engagement is the result of factors such as the absence of a relationship with at least one caring adult, or culturally relevant and engaging instruction, which results in a student feeling little or no connection to school.
- Misconceptions are common ideas about attendance that families or students believe to be true but are not. For example, too often missing class is only seen as a problem if absences are unexcused.” Read article
Oct 02