Sentences with phrase «reduce school absences»

Like afterschool programming, efforts to reduce school absences are animated by the need to provide students more time on task in quality learning environments.

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Principals should consult the Tools for Schools page on the Attendance Works website for five essential strategies to reduce chronic absence:

panel, where panelists discussed all of the great things about serving breakfast in the classroom: improved academic performance, reduced tardiness and absences, lower obesity rates, opportunities for growing school food programs, and most important of all: it's the right thing to do.

While it said there was «unclear» evidence that free school lunches raised attainment, it pointed to its own research on free school breakfasts in disadvantaged schools delivering similar academic benefits to free school lunches, but «significantly improved» behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences.

Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Public Health & Primary Care at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and study co-author, said: «This paper shows how heat related deaths will escalate in the absence of decisive action to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and short - lived climate pollutants such as methane and black carbon.

Children who attended a full - day preschool program had higher scores on measures of school readiness skills (language, math, socio - emotional development, and physical health), increased attendance, and reduced chronic absences compared to children who attended part - day preschool, according to a study in the November 26 issue of JAMA.

The breakfast clubs also significantly improved behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences — and did so at around one - tenth of the cost per pupil of universal free school meals.

In fact, with reduced absences and greater teacher retention levels being a common by - product of well - being strategies, many schools can save money.

The increased amounts of sunlight prior to school start only modestly reduces absence rates — and more for young children than for teenagers — indicating that these improved student outcomes are probably due to increased alertness, rather than to more time in school.

In the absence of vouchers, only parents with enough money are able to seek out good schools by going private; but under a voucher system, they argue, with the cost of private education much reduced (or zero), many more parents would be able to — and would want to.

In particular, we know each student's gender, ethnicity, whether they received free or reduced - price lunch through the federal lunch program, whether they were English language learners or received special education services, and their record of suspensions and absences from school.

In this episode of the EdNext podcast, Bob Balfanz talks with EdNext's Paul Peterson about chronic absenteeism and about some successful efforts to identify students who are chronically absent and assign them mentors who work with students individually to reduce absences from school.

And in the «school» section, we explained: «A school staff that provides encouragement and personalized attention, and monitors daily attendance can reduce unexcused absences and class - cutting.»

It is important to maintain a high level of cleanliness throughout your building in order to reduce the spread of infection in schools and colleges, which can result in both student and staff absences.

«Our new service from Now Healthcare Group will be an essential element of trying to prevent and reduce staff absences in schools.

I'm not quite sure of calling it «a powerful tool for educators and school leaders» while it's only contributed to reducing absences by roughly 2.4 per cent!!

Leveraging the power of afterschool programs to reduce chronic absence is especially important now given the economic challenges facing communities and schools and the growing number of students at risk of academic failure and dropping out.

It is essential to build the skills and knowledge of school staff and community partners to understand what chronic absence is, why it matters for student achievement and success, how it differs from truancy, and how to respond effectively by organizing a multi-tiered approach to reducing absenteeism.

The authors present novel analyses of the factors at the school and student levels that relate to chronic absenteeism and describe evidence - based strategies for schools as they work to reduce rates of chronic absence among students.

We describe evidence - based strategies for schools as they work to reduce rates of chronic absence among students.

The study also finds that later middle school start times are associated with reduced television viewing, increased time spent on homework, and about 25 percent fewer absences.

Learn strategies to reduce chronic absence, and how when parents, schools, educators, and communities work together, we can solve chronic absence.

Here's what they heard: • launching the unified enrollment system • offering a broader range of school options • reducing absences.

The good news is that when schools and communities work together to provide a comprehensive, tiered system of supports to students and families — that address the reasons for student absences — they can reduce chronic absence.

Districts with high rates of chronic absence, out - of - school suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.

This controlled randomized experiment conducted in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia found that a single postcard that encouraged guardians to improve their student's attendance reduced absences by roughly 2.4 percent.

Use this as an opportunity to build awareness about reducing chronic absence and invite key stakeholders to join local efforts to improve school attendance, starting in the early grades.

In fewer than five years, OUSD has moved from a district with a few outlier schools with promising practices driven by site level leadership to a school system with a district - wide approach to reducing chronic absence.

Other district office resources have also been aligned to support schools in reducing chronic absence.

The California Department of Education, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading and Attendance Works hosted a webinar Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. PT spotlighting the work of California principals who have led their schools and communities to do the hard work of reducing chronic absence.

Reducing chronic absence fits nicely into the three - tiered reform systems being successfully implemented to reduce chronic absenteeism in schools and districts across the U.S. Tier 1 represents universal strategies to encourage good attendance for all students.

Through the work of family liaisons in the Office of Family Engagement, an initial cohort of six schools are working to engage parents to improve student outcomes and reduce chronic absence.

The Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California, is a leader in tracking and addressing chronic absence, using a city - wide approach that has reduced chronic absence rates from 16 percent in 2005 - 06 to 11.9 percent in 2013 - 14.

Across Kent County in western Michigan, a network of nonprofits, educators, and state and county agencies has demonstrated that a collaborative, community schools approach can reduce chronic absence.

Communities across the country are reducing chronic absenteeism by using a comprehensive set of strategies that: 1) prevents absences from occurring, 2) organizes caring and early outreach to families and students before absences add up, and 3) coordinates supports and services for vulnerable students who miss the most school.

Read the new report, Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence

Join the California Department of Education, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading and Attendance Works as they spotlight the work of principals who have led their schools and communities to do the hard work of reducing chronic absence.

Teaching Attendance 2.0 shows that when schools and communities work together to provide a comprehensive, tiered system of supports to students and families — that address the reasons for student absences — they can reduce chronic absence.

Presenters will share inspiring examples of how their communities reduced chronic absence, even when it reached high levels in a school, district or particular student population.

Everyone — from teachers taking roll to school nurses taking temperatures and security guards monitoring the hallways — can play a part in reducing chronic absence.

For schools working to improve individual attendance and reduce chronic absence, this is a toolkit with activities and materials for sparking conversations and working with families.

The results from this study of four elementary schools show increased academic achievement and reduced chronic absence.

Nonetheless, educators must resolve to tackle these issues if they are to reduce chronic absence levels significantly and make schools accessible and welcoming to all.

Based upon an assessment of their own strengths and challenges, each school community can identify which strategies need to be put in place to reduce chronic absence.

5) There's strong evidence that schools can control and reduce chronic absence.

Jesse White - Fresé — Executive Director of CASBHC, and Sue Peters — Director of School Based Health Centers for New Haven Public Schools «SBHC Program, recently presented on «School Based Health Centers: Partners to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism» to the State Department of Education's Chronic Absence Workgroup.

When concerns over pupils» attendance are identified, the school provides effective support to ensure that persistent absence is reduced.

Untreated hearing and vision problems as well as frequent sickness and absences can greatly reduce a young person's ability to get the most from school or life.

Released in September 2013 and updated in September 2014, this brief describes the steps that states can take to reduce chronic absence including: building public awareness, tracking and publicly reporting chronic absence rates for schools and districts, using attendance as a metric in school improvement efforts, sharing best practices with educators and parents, and enabling interagency efforts among schools, public agencies and community groups.

Green schools help reduce these absences and extra costs by improving the indoor air quality in campuses, especially in public schools.