Chronic absenteeism and student achievement
It's a problem that's both obvious and invisible. You can have all the school improvement plans you want, but students can't learn if they're not in class.
Accounted For: Chronic Absenteeism And Classroom Success
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Lost learning time often means lost potential.That’s the message from a new national report from nonprofits Attendance Works and Healthy Schools Campaign.… -
You can’t teach kids if they’re not in class. With more than 27,000 students heading back to St. Louis Public Schools next week, as well as many of the… -
As summer break winds down, East St. Louis School District 189 is gearing up to begin spending $10.5 million in federal money to kick start academic… -
Educators and politicians in St. Charles say they have a plan in place to reduce the number of chronically absent students in the city’s school district.… -
The Missouri legislative session’s finale played out this week with members in their usual swivet of last-minute activity and suspense. Watching the… -
Rhonda Dunham eases her way through the halls at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Back in the day she was a student at Franklin.Now she... -
Principal Glenn Carter cracks open the door to an Algebra II class at South Pemiscot High School in rural Steele, Mo., where teacher Linda Crawford… -
More and more school districts in St. Louis and across the nation are looking through data for ways to improve student success. In addition, the latest… -
This story is part five of Accounted For, an ongoing project of St. Louis Public Radio that explores the connection between chronic absenteeism -- defined… -
This story is part four of Accounted For, an ongoing project of St. Louis Public Radio that explores the connection between chronic absenteeism — defined…