Sept. 28
Our best investments in instruction and curriculum won't matter much if students aren't in class to benefit from them. We need to ensure that all students are in class regularly so they have an equal opportunity to learn. School leaders can reach out more frequently to families to learn what barriers may be interfering with students getting to school.
Sept. 27
Make children part of the solution to reducing chronic absenteeism. Use incentives and games to encourage children to go to school, on time, every day!
Sept. 26
Too often, we think of reducing absences as the job of parents or school clerks in the front office. But communities across the country have started to help schools address chronic absences, recognizing that they can build public awareness and leverage resources to address a problem that we can solve.
Check out this incredibly helpful resource, "10 Steps Communities Can Take to Reduce Chronic Absence," at www.attendanceworks.org
September 25
Attendance Works: A growing body of research reveals the prevalence of chronic absence and its critical role in student achievement. This research also shows that chronic absence can be addressed when school districts, communities, and policymakers work together to monitor the problem and implement solutions that address the underlying causes.
September 23
Given the role that illness plays in contributing to school absences, health providers and school nurses have an important role in ensuring students do not miss school unnecessarily because of chronic illness or lack of access to health care. What you do can make a big difference in whether students show up for class ready to learn.
Here are specific steps that health care providers can take to help reduce chronic absence. http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/tools-for-healthcare-providers/
September 20
Was your child in school today?
“Like bacteria in a hospital, chronic absenteeism can wreak havoc long before it is discovered.”
That’s a quote from a study, “The Importance of Being There: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation's Public Schools,” which points to the importance of data collection. Only six states track chronic absenteeism: Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island.
Read more here: https://getschooled.com/attendance-counts/report
September 18 In this news report, “Empty Desks: The Effects of Chronic Absenteeism,” highlights the irrefutable fact that chronic absence hits low-income students particularly hard, especially if they don’t have the resources to make up for lost time in the classroom and are more likely to face barriers to getting to school – such as unreliable transportation. Here the full story from WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate. http://www.wypr.org/news/empty-desks-effects-chronic-absenteeism
September 17 FACT: One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students nationwide miss nearly a month of school each year. In some cities, the rate is as high as one in four elementary students. In some schools, chronic absence affects 50 percent of all of the students! Learn how to help your community reduce chronic absence at http://www.attendanceworks.org/
Sept. 16
Drive with data! Parents, are you looking for ways to get your community involved in helping your local schools reduce chronic absence? Here are some great ideas to get the ball rolling, including asking your school and district to calculate chronic absence rates and share them with parents, teachers and principals.
http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AW_HS-flyer_3-15-12.pdf
Sept. 15
Parents can make a HUGE difference! Parents, did you know students should miss no more than 18 days of school to stay on track to graduation? Absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with school work or facings some other potentially serious difficulty. Check out our tips for parents for help with keeping students on track at: http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/for-parents.
Sept. 13
Our best investments in instruction and curriculum won't matter much if students aren't in class to benefit from them. We need to ensure that all students are in class regularly so they have an equal opportunity to learn. School leaders can reach out more frequently to families to learn what barriers may be interfering with students getting to school.
Sept. 12
There are many things we can do to stem chronic absenteeism. For one, we can help families build the habit of attendance as soon as children start school. While all families want their children to succeed, many don’t realize that regular attendance matters starting as early as kindergarten or even in prekindergarten. We’ll let everyone know that missing 10 percent of school days, or just 2 days every month, can put children at risk.
Sept. 11
Attendance Announcement: Chronic absence is a new way of looking at attendance data. Most schools rely on average attendance rates to tell them how many students typically show up each day. By contrast, chronic absence examines how many students are missing so much school they are at risk. Even a school with 95 percent average attendance rate could have as many as 20 percent of its students chronically absent.
Sept. 9
Chronic absence can affect all of our children, not just those missing school. If significant numbers of students in a classroom are chronically absent, learning for all students can be adversely affected. The pace of instruction slows down when teachers spend time reviewing material for those who missed the lessons in the first place.
Sept. 4
FACT: Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of school. By 9th grade, missing 20% of the school year is a better predictor of dropping out than test scores. Ending the high school dropout crisis is an urgent priority! Find out how you can help with the AMERICA'S PROMISE ALLIANCE!
Sept. 3
If you think one day out of school is just one day out of school, think again! The days add up quickly. Our friends at the Get Schooled Website have developed an "Attendance Count Calendar," which you can use to see the effect of missing school based on the number of days you are out. The results just might surprise you!
Give it a try: https://getschooled.com/attendance-counts
Sept. 2
FACT: Nationally, as many as 7.5 million students nationwide miss 10% of the school year in excused and unexcused absences every year. That equals 135 million days of school! Help us curb this figure by sending your child to school everyday, on time!
Sept. 1Chronic absenteeism is missing 10% of school days in a year, excused or unexcused. That means 17 days or 2 days a month. Based on research, it marks the point when students start to fall behind academically because they have missed too many school days.
Learn more at www.attendanceworks.org
Our best investments in instruction and curriculum won't matter much if students aren't in class to benefit from them. We need to ensure that all students are in class regularly so they have an equal opportunity to learn. School leaders can reach out more frequently to families to learn what barriers may be interfering with students getting to school.
Sept. 27
Make children part of the solution to reducing chronic absenteeism. Use incentives and games to encourage children to go to school, on time, every day!
Sept. 26
Too often, we think of reducing absences as the job of parents or school clerks in the front office. But communities across the country have started to help schools address chronic absences, recognizing that they can build public awareness and leverage resources to address a problem that we can solve.
Check out this incredibly helpful resource, "10 Steps Communities Can Take to Reduce Chronic Absence," at www.attendanceworks.org
September 25
Attendance Works: A growing body of research reveals the prevalence of chronic absence and its critical role in student achievement. This research also shows that chronic absence can be addressed when school districts, communities, and policymakers work together to monitor the problem and implement solutions that address the underlying causes.
September 23
Given the role that illness plays in contributing to school absences, health providers and school nurses have an important role in ensuring students do not miss school unnecessarily because of chronic illness or lack of access to health care. What you do can make a big difference in whether students show up for class ready to learn.
Here are specific steps that health care providers can take to help reduce chronic absence. http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/tools-for-healthcare-providers/
September 20
Was your child in school today?
“Like bacteria in a hospital, chronic absenteeism can wreak havoc long before it is discovered.”
That’s a quote from a study, “The Importance of Being There: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation's Public Schools,” which points to the importance of data collection. Only six states track chronic absenteeism: Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island.
Read more here: https://getschooled.com/attendance-counts/report
September 18 In this news report, “Empty Desks: The Effects of Chronic Absenteeism,” highlights the irrefutable fact that chronic absence hits low-income students particularly hard, especially if they don’t have the resources to make up for lost time in the classroom and are more likely to face barriers to getting to school – such as unreliable transportation. Here the full story from WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate. http://www.wypr.org/news/empty-desks-effects-chronic-absenteeism
September 17 FACT: One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students nationwide miss nearly a month of school each year. In some cities, the rate is as high as one in four elementary students. In some schools, chronic absence affects 50 percent of all of the students! Learn how to help your community reduce chronic absence at http://www.attendanceworks.org/
Sept. 16
Drive with data! Parents, are you looking for ways to get your community involved in helping your local schools reduce chronic absence? Here are some great ideas to get the ball rolling, including asking your school and district to calculate chronic absence rates and share them with parents, teachers and principals.
http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AW_HS-flyer_3-15-12.pdf
Sept. 15
Parents can make a HUGE difference! Parents, did you know students should miss no more than 18 days of school to stay on track to graduation? Absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with school work or facings some other potentially serious difficulty. Check out our tips for parents for help with keeping students on track at: http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/for-parents.
Sept. 13
Our best investments in instruction and curriculum won't matter much if students aren't in class to benefit from them. We need to ensure that all students are in class regularly so they have an equal opportunity to learn. School leaders can reach out more frequently to families to learn what barriers may be interfering with students getting to school.
Sept. 12
There are many things we can do to stem chronic absenteeism. For one, we can help families build the habit of attendance as soon as children start school. While all families want their children to succeed, many don’t realize that regular attendance matters starting as early as kindergarten or even in prekindergarten. We’ll let everyone know that missing 10 percent of school days, or just 2 days every month, can put children at risk.
Sept. 11
Attendance Announcement: Chronic absence is a new way of looking at attendance data. Most schools rely on average attendance rates to tell them how many students typically show up each day. By contrast, chronic absence examines how many students are missing so much school they are at risk. Even a school with 95 percent average attendance rate could have as many as 20 percent of its students chronically absent.
Sept. 9
Chronic absence can affect all of our children, not just those missing school. If significant numbers of students in a classroom are chronically absent, learning for all students can be adversely affected. The pace of instruction slows down when teachers spend time reviewing material for those who missed the lessons in the first place.
Sept. 4
FACT: Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of school. By 9th grade, missing 20% of the school year is a better predictor of dropping out than test scores. Ending the high school dropout crisis is an urgent priority! Find out how you can help with the AMERICA'S PROMISE ALLIANCE!
Sept. 3
If you think one day out of school is just one day out of school, think again! The days add up quickly. Our friends at the Get Schooled Website have developed an "Attendance Count Calendar," which you can use to see the effect of missing school based on the number of days you are out. The results just might surprise you!
Give it a try: https://getschooled.com/attendance-counts
Sept. 2
FACT: Nationally, as many as 7.5 million students nationwide miss 10% of the school year in excused and unexcused absences every year. That equals 135 million days of school! Help us curb this figure by sending your child to school everyday, on time!
Sept. 1Chronic absenteeism is missing 10% of school days in a year, excused or unexcused. That means 17 days or 2 days a month. Based on research, it marks the point when students start to fall behind academically because they have missed too many school days.
Learn more at www.attendanceworks.org