A coalition of education nonprofits say high absenteeism is harming learning, teacher retention, school culture and postsecondary preparedness.| K-12 Dive
By Hedy Chang, Executive Director, Attendance Works; Robert Balfanz, Director, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University; and Vaughan Byrnes, Senior Research Associate, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University. The recent release of national data for the 2022-23 school year by the U.S. Department of Education confirms that while modest improvements in reducing chronic absence are …| Attendance Works