Attendance Works is deeply grateful to our 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign corporate sponsors: ● Scholastic ● School Technology Associates ● RaaWee K12 Solutions ● Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools Their generous support has been instrumental in supporting our ability to provide free resources to schools, districts and states nationwide through the Attendance Awareness Campaign. Regular school […]

This is a guest blog post by Amanda Alexander, Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic Education For more than 100 years, Scholastic has remained steadfast in its commitment to helping children make sense of the world and their unique place in it through rich literature. We strive to ensure all children have equitable access to authentic and engaging stories […]

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 and achieving our hopes and dreams. The theme highlights the role that schools play in promoting student well-being, personal development and achievement. Be Present, Be Powerful! […]

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 Awareness Campaign, a project led by Attendance Works. I started working in the education market in 1983 selling robotic training solutions and in 2011, I […]

The fourth and final webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Leadership for Sustainability: Superintendents Making a Difference,” (September 25, 2024), heard from local and state superintendents who are leading efforts to reduce absenteeism and engage students and families in school. The webinar also explored a new Ad Council survey on family attitudes towards attendance […]

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 designed to improve attendance for K-12 students. Kwesi Rollins, Vice President for Leadership and Engagement at the Institute for Educational Leadership started off the webinar noting the […]

The second webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign, “Essential Partnerships for Showing Up: Families, Youth and Community” (held on May 15, 2024), focused on engagement approaches designed to improve attendance for K-12 students. At the start of the webinar, Kwesi Rollins, Vice President for Leadership and Engagement at the Institute for Educational Leadership discussed […]

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 International Summit on June 7, 2024, bringing together education attendance improvement experts from around the world. Participants will leave with practical tips to […]

The first webinar of the 2024 Attendance Awareness Campaign – On the Front Line: The Crucial Role of Teachers (April 3) – investigated support systems that can equip teachers to forge relationships with students and their families. Hedy Chang, executive director of Attendance Works, and Kwesi Rollins, vice president for leadership and engagement at the […]

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 students have experienced since 2019. We highlighted the value of partnerships between communities, schools, students and families to build and implement long-term plans to address […]