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Dubay, Lisa; Holla, Nikhil – Urban Institute, 2015
Enrollment in early childhood education programs can be an important stepping stone to higher educational achievement, particularly for low-income children. This report examines the extent of absenteeism in the District of Columbia Public Schools' (DCPS) school-based Head Start program in the 2013-2014 school year (SY). Absence rates and the share…
Descriptors: Attendance, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Early Childhood Education
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Gershenson, Seth; Jacknowitz, Alison; Brannegan, Andrew – Education Finance and Policy, 2017
Student absences are a potentially important, yet understudied, input in the educational process. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative survey and rich administrative records from North Carolina, we investigate the relationship between student absences and academic performance. Generally, student absences are associated with…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Early Childhood Education
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Costello, Karen M.; Smyth, Sinéad – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
The current study employed a group contingency in order to increase school and project attendance in a group of 10 at-risk male adolescents. The participants were already attending a youth diversion project designed to reduce criminal and antisocial behaviors. The group contingency was based on the fantasy football model (an interactive, virtual…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Males, Adolescents, Youth Programs
Wang, Crystal; Christian, Cinda; Hasty, Brent; Williams, Holly; Andrews, Melissa; Green-Otero, John – Online Submission, 2017
English language learners were more likely to attend school and to meet the STAAR passing standards in reading and math when their teachers used creative teaching strategies more frequently. These findings coincide well with the research that encourages teachers of foreign languages to be creative in their teaching so that students not only…
Descriptors: School Districts, Creativity, Creative Development, English Language Learners
Oregon Department of Education, 2016
This four part series of research briefs summarized detailed analysis of attendance and chronic absenteeism in Oregon. Brief 1 highlighted the importance of tracking chronic absenteeism rather than average daily attendance. The second brief in this series focused on student outcomes and attendance. Research suggests, and Oregon Department of…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Elementary School Students, Labeling (of Persons), Economically Disadvantaged
Fleming, Beth Duvall – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this research was to study the perceptions of school counselors regarding the impact of the school counseling program, interventions, and other strategies to help at-risk learners persist to graduate. A qualitative research design employing an interpretive phenomenological analysis methodology was used. Semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, School Counselors, High Schools, Counseling Techniques
National Education Association, 2020
The data presented in this report provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to education varies on a state-by-state basis. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Enrollment Trends, Attendance Patterns, Teacher Salaries
Laura Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Community Partnership Schools™ are designed to serve as a positive resource center in their community, staffed with dedicated professionals committed to student success and community well-being (Coalition for Community Schools, n.d.; Ellis, 2016). Following the education model created at the University of Central Florida (UCF), the first…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Curriculum, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
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Murtagh, S.; Ridley, A.; Frings, D.; Kerr-Pertic, S. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
The first year of study in higher education is a time of major transition for students. While the importance of induction has been widely demonstrated, there is evidence to suggest that not all students benefit equally from participation in induction. This study examined attendance rates at induction, the relationship between induction attendance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, School Orientation, Attendance Patterns
Rafa, Alyssa – Education Commission of the States, 2017
Research shows that chronic absenteeism can affect academic performance in later grades and is a key early warning sign that a student is more likely to drop out of high school. Several states enacted legislation to address this issue, and many states are currently discussing the utility of chronic absenteeism as an indicator of school quality or…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, At Risk Students
Steinberg, Matthew P.; Lacoe, Johanna – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2017
One important question about school discipline is whether it helps or harms those being disciplined. But a second, equally important question is whether a push to reduce the number of suspensions is harmful to the rule-abiding majority. This study examines outcomes in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), which made dramatic changes to its…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Policy, School Districts, Urban Schools
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Gates, Susan M.; Baird, Matthew D.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Hamilton, Laura S.; Opper, Isaac M.; Master, Benjamin K.; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Vuollo, Mirka; Zaber, Melanie A. – RAND Corporation, 2019
A growing body of research points to the ways in which principals influence teachers, classrooms, and, ultimately, student achievement. New Leaders aims to prepare transformational school leaders by partnering with districts and charter schools to offer rigorous, research-based training for aspiring principals. The Aspiring Principals program is…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Beginning Principals
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Gates, Susan M.; Baird, Matthew D.; Doss, Christopher J.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Opper, Isaac M.; Master, Benjamin K.; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Vuolla, Mirka; Zabar, Melanie A. – RAND Corporation, 2019
These appendixes provide supplemental detail about the analyses and findings presented in Preparing School Leaders for Success: Evaluation of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals Program, 20120-2017 (Gates et al., 2019). This material will be of interest to technically oriented readers who seek more information about the information presented in the…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Beginning Principals
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Gicquelais, Rachel E.; Safi, Haytham; Butler, Sandra; Smith, Nathaniel; Haselow, Dirk T. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Influenza is a major cause of seasonal viral respiratory illness among school-aged children. Accordingly, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) coordinates >800 school-based influenza immunization clinics before each influenza season. We quantified the relationship between student influenza vaccination in Arkansas public schools…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Immunization Programs, Health Promotion, Communicable Diseases
Stroub, Kori J.; Richards, Meredith P. – Texas Education Research Center, 2016
Over the past decades, the closure of urban public schools has disrupted the educational experiences of hundreds of thousands of public schoolchildren. Since 2000, urban school districts in cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. have…
Descriptors: School Closing, Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
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