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Education Opinion Confronting Absenteeism
When teachers form a personal bond with their students, it has the potential to improve attendance.
Walt Gardner, June 15, 2016
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Education Opinion Chronic Absenteeism
Students have to take responsibility for their part in learning.
Walt Gardner, September 2, 2013
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Assessment Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
Response-to-intervention models may help schools better support students who repeatedly miss school, finds a study in the Justice Evaluation Journal.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 2, 2018
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Education Opinion Combating Chronic Absenteeism
Failure to solve chronic absenteeism results in a bleak future for students.
Walt Gardner, July 13, 2016
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Education Opinion Student Absenteeism Solution
High absenteeism will persist as long as students see little connection between their studies and their future plans.
Walt Gardner, January 5, 2018
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Families & the Community Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
A little effort can go a long way to reducing student absenteeism, finds a federal study: Even a single postcard can get students back to school.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 14, 2017
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School & District Management Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
Enlisting a school nurse to get in touch with the families of chronically absent students can cut down on school absenteeism, a pilot study has found.
Debra Viadero, October 18, 2011
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Assessment Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
Background data adds to the growing pile of evidence that students absenteeism can hamstring a district's performance on the test called "the nation's report card."
Sarah D. Sparks, March 12, 2013
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School & District Management Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
A high average daily attendance can mask chronic absenteeism in a small group of students, concludes a study of Indiana students by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 7, 2012
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Early Childhood Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
A pattern of absences as early as kindergarten can throw students off track academically and form patterns that challenge later success, two organizations say.
Evie Blad, September 8, 2015
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Education Opinion Teacher Absenteeism Is Predictable
It is impossible for teachers to put on a command performance repeatedly each day for days on end.
Walt Gardner, June 4, 2014
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College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
Students who regularly cut classes and skip school say their parents are largely unaware they are cutting class, according to a report from the Get Schooled Foundation.
Michele Molnar, September 11, 2012
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School & District Management Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
Nearly one in seven public-school students in New Mexico accumulated at least 10 days of unexcused absences last year.
The Associated Press, January 8, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup Research Report: Absenteeism
By controlling for differences in family environments, a new study further bolsters the belief that frequent absences from school hinder academic achievement.
Ross Brenneman, May 24, 2011
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Student Well-Being Opinion Poverty's Prominent Role in Absenteeism
Getting low-income students, particularly kindergartners, to attend school is key to breaking the cycle of poverty, writes Marc Cutillo.
Marc Cutillo, February 26, 2013
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Student Well-Being What the Research Says The Sticking Power of Chronic Absenteeism
Chronic absenteeism levels in the schools that had the worst rates before the pandemic are now the norm in many states, data show.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 31, 2024
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Student Well-Being Opinion Let's Focus on Chronic Absenteeism
Lawmakers need to address the issue of chronic school absenteeism, Hedy Chang and Robert Balfanz write.
Hedy N. Chang & Robert Balfanz, January 4, 2012
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Every Student Succeeds Act Opinion We Can Fix Chronic Absenteeism
ESSA’s new transparency and accountability regulations offer an opportunity to rethink attendance, write Hedy N. Chang and Phyllis Jordan.
Hedy N. Chang & Phyllis W. Jordan, October 24, 2017
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Education What To Do About Teacher Absenteeism?
As the school year kicks into gear, absenteeism is likely far from your mind. It's not flu season yet, and health, energy, and enthusiasm are all (hopefully) high. Yet research suggests that many teachers will miss more than ten days of school this year, and that the way schools deal with that absenteeism can have a real impact on school climate and student achievement. Join us for a webinar on substitute teaching next Thursday.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, August 31, 2012
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Education Opinion Another Look at Teacher Absenteeism and Resignations
The news out of Central Falls High School in Rhode Island is deeply troubling. The Providence Journal reported that upwards of 15 percent of the roughly 87- teacher faculty is absent on any given day, six are on long-term leave and two have abruptly resigned ("Resignation, absenteeism by teachers hampering turnaround in Central Falls," Dec. 15). Clearly, something is terribly wrong.
Walt Gardner, December 20, 2010
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