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All posts by Catherine Cooney

Playing the Long Game to Improve Attendance


Similar to many school districts across the nation, Consolidated High School District 230 in Illinois has had a significant increase in chronic absence since the Covid-19 pandemic. District 230’s...
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Webinar #3 Student Connectedness = Attendance and Engagement!


The third AAC webinar, “Student Connectedness Fosters Attendance and Engagement” on August 6 showcased practitioners who are building strong student relationships to reduce chronic absence....
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RaaWee K12: Using Technology to Improve Student Attendance


This is a Q&A with Saleem Qazi, CEO and founder of RaaWee K12 Solutions, a company specializing in web-based solutions for chronic absence and truancy prevention in public schools. Attendance...
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With Gratitude for Our 2024 AAC Corporate Sponsors!


Attendance Works is deeply grateful to our 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign corporate sponsors: ● Scholastic ● School Technology Associates ● RaaWee K12 Solutions ● Kaiser Permanente...
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AAC 2024: By the Numbers!


We were delighted to celebrate the annual Attendance Awareness Campaign with you. This year’s theme, Be Present, Be Powerful! serves as a reminder of the connection between school attendance...
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A Proud Sponsor of the Attendance Awareness Campaign


This is a guest blog post by Dan Horel, president of School Technology Associates. I’m Dan Hoerl, president of School Technology Associates, and a proud corporate sponsor of the Attendance...
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Creating a Culture of Belonging and Engagement: Principals In Action


The third webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Creating a Culture of Belonging and Engagement: Principals In Action,” held on August 7, 2024, focused on engagement approaches...
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Summit: Navigating Inclusive Attendance


RaaWee K12 Solutions is wrapping up the 2023-24 school year with two powerful virtual events, free to all educators. RaaWee K12 is teaming up with Pivot Attendance to present a free, virtual...
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Wrapping up AAC 2023 with the numbers!


Our theme this year, Showing Up Together! spoke to the importance of joining together to address the devasting impacts from interrupted learning and economic stress large numbers of families and...
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Webinar #4: Sustaining Success: Investing in Showing Up!


With “Sustaining Success: Investing in Showing Up,” Attendance Works, the campaign partners and the Institute for Educational Leadership presented the final 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign...
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