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Lawmakers Want to Fix Student Absenteeism With Ice Cream Parties, Data, and More
Some state lawmakers have proposed stricter consequences for absences and truancy, DiMarco noted. A New Mexico bill would ...
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How schools can help students facing homelessness get to class
A federal law, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, was implemented decades ago to ensure homeless students are ...
California school districts honored for improving student attendance
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Wednesday that 19 school attendance review boards (SARBs) ...
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Union Public Schools reduce chronic absenteeism following attendance campaign
Union Public Schools reduced chronic absenteeism during the 2024-25 school year by 1.35 percent, or around 200 students, ...
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Graduate Student Council To Vote on Meeting Attendance Policy
Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student government will vote on a motion to make its meeting attendance policy stricter after years of struggling with meeting attendance among its ...
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Colorado school attendance zones keep racial and socioeconomic segregation going, new report finds
The report recommends several solutions, including that school districts revise their school attendance zones at least every ...