Sentences with phrase «in absenteeism among»

Indeed, the United States Breastfeeding Committee cites a 77 % reduction in absenteeism among firms with lactation support and twice as many one - day absences among employees whose babies aren't breastfed.

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Among many other interventions, the Ministry of Education introduced a historic BECE Private Candidates Policy and a policy of zero tolerance for teacher absenteeism, which saw a decline in absenteeism from 27 % to a low of 7 %.

But even the best educators are only effective when they show up, and school officials in Buffalo are raising concerns about high rates of absenteeism among teachers.

URIs are the most common reason that parents take young children to the doctor and lead to massive direct costs, high indirect costs including work absenteeism among parents, and even mortality, especially in disadvantaged groups, say the authors.

In an effort to lower chronic absenteeism among its Native American elementary school students, the district worked with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to hire a coordinator who worked with families to address transportation, bullying, and other issues that were keeping kids out of school.

After that, the White House My Brother's Keeper initiative adopted the «Success Mentors» strategy pioneered in New York City to reducing absenteeism among young men of color.

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.

In Class Today's mission is to reduce absenteeism among at - risk Pre-K — 12 students by one million days per year by implementing proven, scalable, and high return - on - investment absence - reduction interventions that empower and motivate families to support their students.

This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low - income children, and confirms its detrimental effects on school success by examining children from across various incomes and race / ethnicity groups in a nationally representative sample of children entering kindergarten.

Truancy, chronic absenteeism among students and high turnover among teachers and administrators are derailing effective learning in our elementary and high schools.

A 2007 study of North Carolina schools, for example, found that a quarter of low - income middle schools had persistently high teacher absenteeism; among more - affluent middle schools, fewer than 1 in 12 had the same high absenteeism rate.

A March 2012 report found that chronic early absenteeism is widespread in Kent County's urban areas, where the percentage of the population living at or below the poverty line is high, and is especially prevalent among African - American and Hispanic youth.

In response to the Call to Action from the USED and the Every Student, Every Day: A National Initiative to Address and Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism, the Virginia Department of Education, in collaboration with Attendance Works, has created a 12 module series entitled Attendance and Truancy Among Virginia StudentIn response to the Call to Action from the USED and the Every Student, Every Day: A National Initiative to Address and Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism, the Virginia Department of Education, in collaboration with Attendance Works, has created a 12 module series entitled Attendance and Truancy Among Virginia Studentin collaboration with Attendance Works, has created a 12 module series entitled Attendance and Truancy Among Virginia Students.

Chronic Absenteeism Among Kindergarten Students followed a cohort of students though several years and found that those who were chronically absent in kindergarten were:

It includes best practices in two schools which are among those with the lowest chronic absenteeism rates in Mississippi.

The study, which follows 25,000 three - and four - year - olds served by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) school - based preschool programs, finds that chronic absenteeism is rampant among preschoolers in Chicago.

But some school systems, especially those in poor, rural areas and in some major cities, saw chronic absenteeism among teachers rise above 75 percent in 2014, the last year for which data is available.

The district is among a growing number nationwide working to reduce chronic absenteeism, defined in California as missing 10 percent of school days in a year.

The annual ceremony is among a host of incentives the Pittsburg Unified School District uses to encourage attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism, defined in California as missing more than 10 percent of school days in a year for any reason — excused, unexcused or suspension.

When it comes to tallying absenteeism among students, schools historically have focused on truancy, or unexcused absences, in many cases responding with punitive measures, among them requiring court appearances and fining parents.

allying absenteeism among students, schools historically have focused on truancy, or unexcused absences, in many cases responding with punitive measures, among them requiring court appearances and fining parents.

Unfortunately, too many have long been mired in seemingly intractable problems such as lagging achievement among economically disadvantaged students, chronic absenteeism, teacher burnout and high turnover and administrative inertia.

In recent years, the focus has shifted to use more positive approaches to reduce chronic absenteeism and suspension rates, which have been disproportionately high among at - risk youth, including foster youth and students of color.

School - located influenza vaccination and absenteeism among elementary school students in a Hispanic community.

There were no differences in employment status but there was lower absenteeism due to health among those who were employed.