But a small number
of other urban school districts are much further along, and they're beginning to show results that ought to persuade many others to follow suit.
Additional data collection is especially important for understanding the prevalence of chronic early absence in rural and suburban areas as well
as other urban school districts.
The Harmony Project has launched programs
in other urban school districts, including Miami, New Orleans, Tulsa, Kansas City, Missouri and Ventura, California.
Researchers from NYU Langone's Department of Population Health will evaluate these services so that the NYC Department of Education and
other urban school districts can continue to improve on efforts to provide high - quality family - centered educational experiences to all children.
Baltimore City, whose scores were released along with 20
other urban school districts, also had disappointing results.
They tap the resources of these organizations and seek out the best practices and solutions that
other urban school districts have discovered.