Not exact matches
Another strategy to file in the «cheap and effective» category: A study published this year found that
weekly automated text messages sent to parents about their child's grades, absences, and missing assignments encouraged them to be more involved in their child's learning, improving
attendance by 17 percent and reducing the number of
students failing a class by 39 percent.
In a 2017 study from Columbia University, for example, middle and high school parents received
weekly texts about their children's grades, absences, and missed assignments, resulting in an 18 percent increase in
student attendance and a 39 percent reduction in course failures.
A custom - designed intervention aimed to improve New York City high school
students»
attendance by using text messaging to send parents daily absence updates and
weekly attendance summaries.
But that request would entail large amounts of work chasing down every parent on a
weekly basis — and Golovich had hundreds of
students — so she simply began to keep more accurate
attendance on the basis of how long
students were logged in.
Stocks in the Future is a financial literacy and incentive program for
students in grades 6 through 8, delivered
weekly by
students» regular classroom teachers, allowing
students to earn dollars with good
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If a
student continues to miss school after the contact home, he or she is identified by the school's Building Intervention Team (which serves as the school's Tier 2 and Tier 3 team for academics and behavior) for participation in an intervention where he or she is partnered with a positive adult to check in daily and reflect on
weekly attendance.
In addition to sharing information on average daily
attendance, the new
weekly reports showed the percent and number of chronically absent
students overall in each school, by grade, and by gender and ethnicity.
Stocks in the Future is a financial literacy and incentive program for
students in grades 6 through 8, delivered
weekly by
students» regular classroom teachers, allowing
students to earn dollars with good
attendance and grades that they can invest in their own stock portfolio.
During the semester,
students are required to perform a minimum of 100 hours of client work (in addition to
weekly seminar preparation and
attendance).
Entered and run daily,
weekly, monthly
attendance reports in Starbase Database System for all
students.
• Maintain
attendance records and bio-data of
students • Devise and implement classroom activities based on the curriculum • Schedule
weekly or monthly meetings with the Director of Church