Because truancy is a societal problem, most truancy reduction programs are community - based. (educationworld.com)
There is also some non-experimental evidence that an initiative in New York City under Mayor Bloomberg — which brought together a dozen city agencies to institute a pilot program that had many features considered best practices in truancy reduction — reduced absenteeism rates among poor children in participating schools. (educationnext.org)
«Regarding truancy reduction, our philosophy is the earlier, the better, and we try to take a proactive, preventive approach,» explains Patrick Nakamura, project director of PACT (Partnering to Assess and Counteract Truancy) in Honolulu, Hawaii. (educationworld.com)