Addressing Chronic Absence in Schools
Children who miss a month or more of school perform worse academically and are at risk of dropping out of school entirely. Are your schools tracking and assessing individual student absenteeism? To learn why attendance matters and what you can do, check out the Attendance Counts website to learn, share and discuss ideas about monitoring, understanding and addressing chronic absenteeism in your school district! The latest toolkit created to help school leaders utilize chronic absenteeism data, and other resources, can be found here.