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...

Tại Sao Việc Đi Học Đều Đặn Quan Trọng

Nếu bạn là cha mẹ hoặc người chăm sóc một đứa trẻ trong độ tuổi đi học, có thể bạn đã nghe rằng tình trạng nghỉ học thường xuyên đang ngày càng gia tăng. Học sinh được coi là nghỉ học thường xuyên khi các em nghỉ mười ngày trở lên trong một năm học. Sau đại dịch, số...