Our 2014 Attendance Action Map showed that 325 schools and community organizations participated in Attendance Awareness Month this September. But how did those numbers break down? California was No. 1, with Alabama and Iowa claiming the second and third slots. Only five states didn’t have any communities participating. Next year’s goal = All 50 states!

Thank you for celebrating Attendance Awareness Month. With 325 communities across the country posting their activities on the Attendance Action Map, we saw a surge of momentum as leaders rallied their communities to make attendance matter. Now that Attendance Awareness Month is over, would you do two things for us?   First, please take a […]

We know that students who miss too much school suffer academically at every age and every grade. And throughout September, hundreds of communities across the country have worked hard to raise awareness about the harmful impact of chronic absence by celebrating Attendance Awareness Month. In addition to raising awareness, what else can your community do to encourage […]

A state-by-state analysis of national testing data demonstrates that students who miss more school than their peers consistently score lower on standardized tests, a result that holds true at every age, in every demographic group and in every state and city tested. The analysis, Absences Add Up: How Attendance Influences Student Success, is based on […]

We know that students who miss too much school suffer academically at every age and every grade. Equally important, we know absenteeism is a problem we can solve if districts and schools identify the students most at risk and then work with parents and community partners to turn around attendance and achievement. Our new toolkit, […]

Attendance Works and LearnLead’s Perfectly Punctual Campaign are pleased to announce a partnership that will allow more schools and communities access to materials and strategies for building good, on-time attendance habits starting in preschool. Now Perfectly Punctual will provide its materials and suggested strategies on its website and the Attendance Works site for broad distribution at […]

We know that partners across the community can help schools and parents reduce absenteeism. But what can they do? And how can you convince them to join in? These handouts should help you persuade community partners to get started on the importance work on improving school achievement by reducing chronic absence. And it offers suggestions for […]

If you’re looking for good examples of how communities are reducing chronic absence, check out the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Bright Spots page. The Campaign, an Attendance Awareness Month partner  that works with more than 150 communities nationwide, consider reducing chronic absence key to its goal of increasing the number of low-income children who read […]

Looking for an easy way to identify students who might fall behind because they miss too much school? Try looking at attendance in the first month of school. A new study from the Baltimore Education Research Consortium shows that absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance patterns throughout the year, providing an early […]

We’ve had some requests for materials that schools and communities can use to promote attendance all year round, not just during Attendance Awareness Month. So our design team created:  A new poster emphasizing the importance of attendance throughout a child’s life. This can be used in schools, doctors’ offices or businesses. New badges with the […]