Chronic Absence Data Review and Strategies for Student Reengagement
In this NASBE Webinar, Attendance Works’ Hedy Chang and the Grad Partnership’s Robert Balfanz team up to explore the national data, root causes of the spike in absences, variation in states’ rates, and ways to bring disengaged students back to class. The stakes are high, as chronic absence threatens academic achievement, positive school climate, and the likelihood of students graduating ready to find good jobs and attend postsecondary schools. Efforts to address chronic absence will require education leaders, schools, and families to work together to address root causes.