High - poverty school districts enroll half of America's schoolchildren, and often, children in affluent, neighboring districts benefit from greater resources. (edbuild.org)
After initially considering a plan to fine the parents of truant children, the high - poverty school district of New Britain, Connecticut, instead partnered with Attendance Works, a nonprofit founded in 2010 to help policymakers reduce school absence, to develop a data system that provides principals with a list of chronically absent students every ten days. (themarshallproject.org)
In the Youngstown City Schools, a high - poverty school district serving about 5,000 students in northeastern Ohio, our students face significant challenges. (gettingsmart.com)