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Student Well-Being Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School
A new study finds one intervention cut early absenteeism by 15 percent by correcting common parent misconceptions about attendance.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 4, 2018
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Education Missing School in Chicago
More than 12 percent of Chicago K-8th graders missed more than four weeks of school in the 2010-11 school year, the Chicago Tribune revealed in a special report on absenteeism in the district.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, November 12, 2012
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School & District Management Where Are All the Kids? 4 Things to Know About the Current Absenteeism Crisis
The pandemic has driven up the student absentee rate, but the issue has long bedeviled school leaders.
Mark Bomster, April 11, 2022
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School & District Management Chronic Absenteeism Is Most Severe in Poor Communities
A new analysis of federal data finds half of the nation’s chronically absent students are enrolled in 4 percent of school districts.
Lovey Cooper, September 13, 2016
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Every Student Succeeds Act Which School Quality Factors Are States Including in Their ESSA Plans?
One of the parts of the Every Student Succeeds Act that excited educators the most was the chance to look beyond test-scores in gauging school performance.
Alyson Klein, April 6, 2017
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School & District Management What the Research Says Teacher and Student Absenteeism Is Getting Worse
So says new federal survey data, suggesting schools should start now to get students reconnected by the fall.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 7, 2022
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4 min read
Illustration of children approaching a canyon with a large hand reaching down to fill the gap with a missing puzzle piece.
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School & District Management Chronic Absenteeism Spiked During COVID. Here's What Schools Can Do About It
Relationships are key to rebuilding attendance habits that eroded in the pandemic.
Evie Blad, April 8, 2022
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Student Achievement Collection The 6 Most Important Student Learning Stories in a Chaotic 2021
Our stories about how to keep students academically on track amid a pandemic were the most popular among district leaders.
December 28, 2021
Attendance
Education news, analysis, and opinion on the importance of going to school regularly and the effects of truancy or chronic absences on learning.
July 9, 2020
Student Well-Being R.I. Partnership Takes On Issue of Chronic Absences
Parents and community groups join forces in Providence, R.I., to reduce chronic absenteeism; 32 percent of students missed at least a month of school in 2011.
Michele Molnar, April 3, 2013
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Samantha Bearface, a 5th grader at Willamina Elementary School in Willamina, Ore., participates in a spelling lesson. In an effort to lower chronic absenteeism among its Native American elementary school students, the district worked with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to hire a coordinator who worked with families to address transportation, bullying, and other issues that were keeping kids out of school.
Samantha Bearface, a 5th grader at Willamina Elementary School in Willamina, Ore., participates in a spelling lesson. In an effort to lower chronic absenteeism among its Native American elementary school students, the district worked with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to hire a coordinator who worked with families to address transportation, bullying, and other issues that were keeping kids out of school.
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Every Student Succeeds Act Schools Mount Fight Against Chronic Absenteeism
Pressure to cut the rates of student absences will ramp up as most states use attendance in some form in new accountability plans.
Evie Blad, October 17, 2017
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Back of a teen girl walking home from school while wearing a backpack with one strap hanging off her shoulder.
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Student Well-Being The Influential Allies These Schools Are Enlisting to Boost Attendance
A newly formed group of school districts will rely on the help of their communities to craft absence-fighting strategies.
Caitlynn Peetz, July 24, 2024
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School & District Management Which School Districts Struggle Most With Chronically Absent Students?
Half of all chronically absent students live in 4 percent of the nation's school districts, a new analysis of federal civil rights data show.
Lesli A. Maxwell, September 6, 2016
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Image of a cell phone, and a text alert.
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Families & the Community Want to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism? Try Texting Parents
Texting parents about their child’s school attendance can help combat chronic absenteeism, but the approach has limitations.
Alyson Klein, January 26, 2022
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Student Well-Being From Our Research Center 5 Things You Need to Know About Student Absences During COVID-19
Absences are up whether students are learning in school buildings or at home, a new EdWeek Research Center survey finds.
Mark Lieberman, October 16, 2020
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Education Study: One in 10 Students Misses a Month of School
While the Education Department and policymakers work to improve a list of "dropout factory" schools, a new study suggests there may be an equally problematic list of "drop-in" factories, schools in which a significant percentage of students attend sporadically.
Sarah D. Sparks, May 17, 2012
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School & District Management The Strong Connection Between Effective Principals and Student Attendance
A new study on Tennessee principals found that highly effective principals reduced absenteeism—with especially significant impacts in urban and high-poverty schools.
Denisa R. Superville, January 30, 2020
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4 min read
School nurse Heather Gordon checks the throat of 4th grader Isaac Vehikite, 10, at Elwood Intermediate School in Elwood, Ind., in 2016. Her camera relays images and information to a doctor who can make a remote diagnosis.
School nurse Heather Gordon checks the throat of 4th grader Isaac Vehikite, 10, at Elwood Intermediate School in Elwood, Ind., in 2016. Her camera relays the images and information to a doctor who makes the diagnosis.
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Student Well-Being What the Research Says Telemedicine Could Help Keep Kids in Class
Schools' use of telehealth services expanded during the pandemic, and a study suggests it helps reduce absenteeism.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 13, 2023
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Two children rush to make it to class on time last week at Franklin Square Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore. The district has been at the forefront of efforts to reduce absenteeism in schools.
Two children rush to make it to class on time last week at Franklin Square Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore. The district has been at the forefront of efforts to reduce absenteeism in schools.
Stephen Voss for Education Week
School & District Management Spurred by Statistics, Districts Combat Absenteeism
Research linking absenteeism to dropping out of school is mobilizing some districts to take action.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 1, 2010
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Every Student Succeeds Act Inside ESSA Plans: How Are States Looking Beyond Test Scores?
Attendance, particularly chronic absenteeism, and college-and-career readiness are by far the most popular new areas of focus for accountability in the ESSA plans from 40-plus states.
Alyson Klein, Andrew Ujifusa & Stephen Sawchuk, September 24, 2017
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