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Imperfect Attendance: Toward a fairer measure of student absenteeism
The need to understand how schools can improve student attendance has never been greater. This study breaks new ground by examining high schools’ contributions to attendance—that is, their “attendance value-added.”
Jing Liu, Ph.D. 4.13.2022
NationalReport
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To fix chronic absenteeism, we must ask why kids don’t want to go to school
Leslie Colwell 7.26.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Are AP exams getting easier?
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 7.26.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Change our schooling paradigm to reduce chronic absenteeism
Hugh Osborn 7.26.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Letting Ohio teachers teach
Jessica Poiner 7.25.2024
OhioOhio Gadfly Daily
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How can policymakers and practitioners reduce chronic absenteeism? The answer is sports.
Sam Duell 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Schools cannot radically reduce chronic absenteeism alone
Jeremy Singer, Sarah Winchell Lenhoff 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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How to implement a cellphone ban in schools
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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California schools are failing to teach kids how to read
Daniel Buck 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Is “credit recovery” as bad as they say?
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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Digging into the 2024 survey of American public school teachers
Jeff Murray 7.25.2024
NationalFlypaper
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To boost attendance and outcomes, pay students, not systems
Garion Frankel, Cooper Conway 7.24.2024
NationalFlypaper
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To improve attendance, promote autonomy
Robyn H. Gausman-Burnett 7.24.2024
NationalFlypaper