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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. To address absenteeism, school administrators have turned to outside groups to help implement data-informed intervention and outreach strategies.

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Celebrating Math Education With A Taste Of Math

MIND Research Institute

Champion of Education Award: Lisa Gonzales-Solomon, Principal, Madison Elementary. Whether advocating for world-class education resources or planning a toy drive for Christmas, Lisa never wavers in her dedication to provide every student with the tools and resources they need for success.

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OPINION: What health care can teach educators about the difference between ‘equal’ and ‘equitable’

The Hechinger Report

We are now working with a group of communities in our By All Means initiative where leaders have committed to piloting Success Plans. Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. Outcomes are encouraging.

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Research Seeks Scale For Measuring Student Engagement

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. – Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates. Until recently, teachers and administrators lacked tools to measure the engagement levels of their students in the classroom.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Dallas’ changes are part of a wider movement away from exclusionary discipline due in part to its disproportionate impact on some groups of students, including Native American students and students with disabilities along with Black students. Students who can’t stay focused on their work risk getting sent out of class.

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One Year After Uvalde, a Reminder That ‘Trauma Has Tentacles’

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This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. We know when communities experience that kind of emotional overwhelm, they're often looking for tools.

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‘When’ Does Learning Happen Best? Dan Pink on the Science Behind Timing and Education

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Was the education audience a group of readers you had in mind from the beginning? There’s a really interesting study of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which looked at grades and also performance on standardized tests in math for elementary school students. Big reductions in dropout rates.

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