Chronic Absenteeism and Disability

Studies show that students with disabilities are about 1.5 times more likely to be chronically absent than their non-disabled peers. While some of this may be due to physical issues like chronic illness, the full story is much more complicated than this. Students with...

Battling Chronic Absenteeism: The Basics

Post pandemic, across the nation, chronic absenteeism has reached unprecedented levels. As schools hone their approaches to improving attendance, here are a few fundamentals to keep in mind:     Treat attendance with curiosity, not punishment. Studies show that...

Addressing Chronic Absenteeism with Community Partnerships

According to a recent article in EdWeek, schools and districts that have successfully addressed chronic absenteeism have at least one thing in common: they collaborate with community partners to keep kids in school.    Although schools were established as educational...

Why Attendance Awards Don’t Work

When a school faces chronic absenteeism, it may be tempting to incentivize students to attend school by giving out awards for perfect attendance. However, research shows that this approach is not effective. Here are a few reasons why incentives don’t work, as well as...

Por Qué la Asistencia a la Escuela es Importante

Si eres padre, madre o cuidador de un niño en edad escolar, quizá hayas escuchado que el ausentismo crónico está en aumento. Los estudiantes se consideran crónicamente ausentes cuando faltan diez días o más en un solo año escolar. Después de la pandemia, más...