Attendance Works is now offering a Spanish-language version of its popular Bringing Attendance Home video for parents. The 6-minute video, originally released last August, has now been dubbed into Spanish. Filmed in schools across the country, the video features parents offering tips for parents and schools trying to reduce absenteeism. The video, which comes with […]
We have long recognized that efforts to improve school attendance and extend learning into the summer are driven by the same imperative: Children from low-income families benefit from more time in engaging and rich learning activities. Attendance Works, the National Summer Learning Association and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading recently presented a webinar about how […]
Attendance in preschool and the early grades can be a challenge. Some children and families face problems with health, transportation and housing that get in the way of regular attendance. Others simply don’t realize how many days their children are missing and how these absences can add up to academic trouble. Many young children are just getting […]
Did you know that chronic absence affects one in 10 children in kindergarten and first grade nationwide? And that early childhood education can lay a foundation for better attendance in the years ahead? Start Strong, a free webinar from the Attendance Awareness Campaign at 2 p.m. ET on May 13, will explore early absenteeism and […]
Working with nearly 50 national partners, we’re launching our plans for Attendance Awareness Month today with a webinar and the release the Count Us In! 2015 toolkit, an essential guide to the templates, tools and strategies for making the most of activities this September. As in past year, the toolkit is chock full of handouts for parents, resources […]
We hope you’re signed up for the free Ready, Set, Go! webinar on April 15 that launches planning for Attendance Awareness Month. If you are, consider turning it into an opportunity to connect educators with community partners. In the past, several communities have hosted webinar parties, projecting the slides on a big screen and then talking afterwards about how […]
Attendance Awareness Month starts in September, but planning begins April 15 with the first of four webinars and the release of the Count Us In! toolkit 3.0 providing updated resources for schools and communities. Speakers on the Ready, Set Go! webinar will describe how they rallied their communities to take action. Future webinars are set […]
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 […]