THE STORY FROM CITY HALL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS POINT OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ...
Just one year later, after implementing an artificial intelligence solution for tracking attendance and contacting parents, ...
The Baltimore City Council is taking steps toward addressing the root causes of school absenteeism, a problem that plagues Baltimore at a far higher rate than any other county in the state. Among the ...
State lawmakers are trying to understand why children are missing class but now want to make it so schools cannot suspend or expel students for being chronically absent or habitually truant. The ...
The COVID-19 pandemic and schools’ responses to it resulted in learning loss that reversed two decades of progress on student achievement and drove chronic absenteeism to unprecedented heights. Yet ...
ONE STUDENT AT A TIME. IN FALL RIVER, THE WORK TO GET AND KEEP KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM STARTS WELL BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. HI, IT’S MISS TAIWO CALLING FROM THE GREEN SCHOOL. IT’S STILL SUMMER ...
Students can’t learn if they don’t show up to class. Yet, the number of students who are “chronically absent” — meaning they’ve missed at least 10 percent of the school year — has soared, a trend that ...
According to a Uwezo Uganda report, a total of 270 teachers, representing 18 percent of the workforce in Namutumba District, are absent from duty daily. The report titled “Are our children learning?” ...