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Ask parents about the importance of school attendance in the early grades, and they can tell you why showing up every day matters. They can also share their very real challenges in getting children to school. Bringing Attendance Home, a new video from Attendance Works features parents talking to other parents about reducing absenteeism. Filmed in schools…
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How is chronic absenteeism fought on the ground in an elementary school? At a struggling urban school on the rise in Rhode Island, it is fought by getting to know the data — how many students miss 10 percent of school days or more for any reason — and the chronically absent students. “What makes a difference is getting the stories of every single kid who can’t come to school and finding a way to help them get there,” says Gara Field, principal of Pleasant View Elementary in Providence,…Read more…
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Looking for an easy way to identify students who might fall behind because they miss too much school? Try looking at attendance in the first month of school.
A new study from the Baltimore Education Research Consortium shows that absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance patterns throughout the year, providing an early warning sign for parents and educators to intervene and put students back on…
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New Britain -- The Consolidated School District of New Britain has seen another drop in the number of chronically absent elementary school students.
The positive trend is the result of a collaborative effort between the Consolidated School District of New Britain, the Coalition for New Britain’s Children, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain and other organizations.
The change in…
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When young children repeatedly miss school, this can be a sign of problems at home: Mom has lost her job. Dad has been deported. The family is living in a shelter. A parent is ill. To address this, Michigan’s Kent County uses Kent School Services Network (KSSN), a community school initiative that places providers such as community school coordinators and behavioral health clinicians in the county’s highest-poverty schools to help students and their families succeed.Read more…
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One of the wonderful features of the Huddle is the ability to connect in groups for peer learning. Groups are commonly organized by state, by shared interest or initiatives pursued, by the type of organization leading your community coalition and by shared community characteristics. Members of the Huddle are welcome to create groups. You might want to create a group for your community, for a topic of interest to you and others or some other reason.Read more…
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We’ve had some requests for materials that schools and communities can use to promote attendance all year round, not just during Attendance Awareness Month. So our design team created:
- A new poster emphasizing the importance of attendance throughout a child’s life. This can be used in schools, doctors’ offices or businesses.…
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As you may have seen on the "Events" widget, the next Attendance works webinar “Can You Hear Us Now? Amplifying Key Messages About the Importance of Attendance,” will be held on August 6, 1 - 2:30 pm ET. You can register here.
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The Arkansas Grade-Level Reading Campaign’s work to reduce the number of young students who repeatedly miss school and to increase reading proficiency is a statewide effort involving prominent state players — for good reason. “The ultimate goal is to impact statewide policy, practice and thinking,” explains Angela Duran, the coordinator of the Arkansas campaign, which is statewide but includes five “community solutions initiative sites.”Read more…
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Based on the success of Tell Our Story and the growing interest in what's happening in communities across the Grade-Level Reading Network, the Network Communities Support Center (NCSC) is launching a weekly publication called Bright Spots.Read more…
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Between 2012 and 2013, the percentage of chronically absent students plummeted in New Britain’s 10 elementary schools – for kindergartners, from 30 to 18 percent; first graders from 24 to 13 percent; second graders from 19 to 14; and third graders from 15 to 11 percent.Read more…
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The Wish You Well Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that promote family literacy in the United States. The focus of the Foundation’s grantmaking is on the development and expansion of new and existing literacy and educational programs. Grants generally range from $2,000 to $10,000. Requests may be submitted at any time and are reviewed four times per year.Read more…
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Currently, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, which supports literacy programs in communities served by Dollar General in 40 states, is accepting grant requests through their Youth Literacy Grants program. These grants could provide funding to schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations to help students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading. Grant funding of up to $4,000 is provided.Read more…
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The Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation aims to help underprivileged youth reach their full potential by awarding grants of $25,000 to untested youth programs run by 501(c)(3) organizations that lead to breakthrough results in supporting underprivileged youth. Pre-applications are due April 30, 2014 and will become available in February. In the past, funded programs have ranged from credit union savings projects, intensive tutoring, afterschool daycare and art classes, health workshops, and…Read more…
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Target is currently accepting applications for their Early Childhood Reading Grants and will provide $2,000 for programs that foster a love of reading and encourage young children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families. Reading grants support programs such as library storytimes and family reading nights. Programs must take place between September 2014 and August 2015. The deadline is April 30, 2014.Read more…
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Students form habits — including good school attendance — at an early age. So it was disconcerting for the central Connecticut town of Vernon to discover that 16 percent of its kindergartners were chronically absent. “We knew attendance had an incredible effect on learning,” says Dr. Mary Conway, superintendent of the Vernon Public Schools, which began monitoring this through its Campaign for Grade-Level Reading involvement. Also troubling were data showing that many chronically absent students…Read more…
