Absenteeism remains high and Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are frequently absent ...
This Paterson school struggles with high absenteeism, poverty — and potential gang threat
School 6 has the highest absenteeism rate among K-8 schools in Paterson. It serves a neighborhood with high poverty, a food ...
Education Week6d
What a ‘Positive, Proactive Approach’ to Chronic Absenteeism Looks Like
Naomi Tolentino walks into J.C. Harmon High School on Jan. 16, 2025, in Kansas City, Kan. Tolentino is the coordinator for ...
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Chronic absenteeism threatens to derail K-12 education
When communities unite to battle chronic absenteeism and make school attendance a priority, students receive the support they ...
YOU, YOUR KIDS & SCHOOL: The effects of chronic school absenteeism
Learning builds from day to day. Lesson plans are built around a progression in mastering concepts and information. It is not possible for a student to do his/her best if they are not in school to ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati9d
How a local school district cut chronic absenteeism with a community-wide effort
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) - In 2024, Middletown Schools faced one of the highest chronic absenteeism rates in the Tri-State area. Now, the district reported that it has successfully reduced its rate ...
USA Today11d
Bipartisan bills aim to change how Oklahoma schools are graded on chronic absenteeism
Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle said they support tracking chronic absenteeism rates, but they called it unfair to penalize schools for it. Students are considered chronically ...
The Baltimore Sun12d
Maryland education leaders searching for solutions to chronic absenteeism: ‘There’s no silver bullet’
State education leaders are still looking for ways to improve student school attendance after a large spike in absenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is now only slowly declining.
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This Paterson school struggles with high absenteeism, poverty — and potential gang threat
It was just another recent frigid winter afternoon, but for Paterson native Yazmin Robinson, it marked a personal milestone ... high rates of chronic absenteeism — Paterson's School 6 in ...
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Absenteeism spiked in the pandemic. Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
Constante came into her role in 2022, when schools were seeing absenteeism rates rise rapidly as a prolonged effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem lingers today. Texas school leaders and ...