Sentences with phrase «drop in absenteeism»

Not only do they produce better outcomes than tradition products, they have improved the indoor air quality considerably, which has led to a big drop in absenteeism by teachers and pupils who suffer with asthma and allergies.

The study also reported a slight drop in absenteeism as a result of the lifestyle program.

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In fact, AIDP - funded community schools, including Media and Communcations, will include a specific focus on chronic absenteeism and drop - out prevention.

We are simply left with the caution that a drop in the rate of absenteeism might not prove anything.

At about the same time, Johns Hopkins University researcher Robert Balfanz and the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research were finding that chronic absenteeism in middle and high school was a leading indicator that students would drop out.

While it is nice to have data on teacher absenteeism (and the information illuminates the extent of the problem), the lack of information on chronic absenteeism — a key indicator of whether a student is on the path to dropping out — means that we don't know how poorly schools are doing in providing high - quality instruction and curricula to the students in their care.

Phoenix Charter Academy Network — which operates charters in Chelsea and Springfield — serves youths who have dropped out of or been expelled from school, have struggled with truancy and chronic absenteeism in the past, are court involved, are pregnant or parenting children of their own, or are recent immigrants.

Research shows that chronic absenteeism in schools is a primary cause of low academic achievement and a powerful predictor of which students are at a higher risk for dropping out.

This multi-pronged approach has been connected to the state seeing a drop from 11.5 percent rate of chronic absenteeism in 2012/13 to 9.6 percent rate in 2015/16.

The rate of chronic absenteeism — students who miss more than 10 percent of school days — dropped to 41.1 percent from 56.5 percent in one year.

Nearly three years later, the results at P.S. 123, with its 530 students, offer a small window into what the city's larger initiative is seeing: an increase in student attendance and family participation in school activities, a drop in chronic absenteeism, but uneven academic progress.

Data from WINGS» programs in Charleston, S.C., also shows notable positive impact on students» chronic absenteeism and discipline referrals — two key issues that prevent young people from succeeding in school and can lead to a higher likelihood of dropping out of high school.

Typically defined as missing at least 10 % or more of school days in a year for any reason, excused or unexcused, chronic absenteeism affects as many as 7.5 million kids a year and is a strong predictor of low academic achievement and high school drop out.

Districts nationally that utilize the system boast enormous improvements in attendance: 25 percent less truancy, 30 percent drop in excessive excused absences and a reduction in chronic absenteeism of 50 percent.

Chronic absenteeism and truancy costs school districts millions of dollars each year in lost income, and disproportionately increases the likelihood that certain groups of students will drop out.

While she was at the helm, suspensions in Focus schools measurably declined, and the number of schools with high chronic absenteeism rates dropped by more than 8 %.

Work - related stress causes an increase in sick days and absenteeism, a higher turnover of staff and a drop in productivity...

A number of case studies show that employers that move into naturally lit spaces have reported double - digit drops in worker absenteeism and similar increases in productivity, according to research by Seattle City Light, the municipal power authority of the city of Seattle.