Chronic absenteeism continues to pose significant challenges in U.S. schools, with 23.5% of students nationwide logging attendance issues in the 2023-24 academic year. However, SchoolStatus' latest 2024-25 Attendance Trends Report highlights bright spots, offering evidence-based strategies that have successfully curbed absenteeism in certain districts. The company’s analysis of 1.3 million students and 172 districts illuminates how systematic and data-driven interventions can propel attenda...| Campus Safety Magazine
Across the country, schools and families are grappling with the frequency of violence and disruption that is happening on a regular basis. For many districts, they are turning to increased security measures to create a sense of safety in response to the needs of their community in real-time. The problem with this response is that something “big” must happen before a school or community can or will respond. This is often due to lack of funding, staffing concerns or even limitations from lo...| Campus Safety Magazine
The admin urges Governor Abbott to update the student conduct code to better protect teachers and to allocate some of the state's $32 billion budget surplus to schools.| Campus Safety Magazine
School Safety Impacts Student Achievement, Teacher Retention, New Survey Finds, Centegix, school security, teachers, administrators| Campus Safety Magazine