A cadre of community partners focused on curbing student absenteeism announced plans Friday to track attendance in at least 20 schools and intervene with parents ... in a positive way to help ...

Parents—a vital link between students and schools—are key to any efforts to address the chronic absenteeism plaguing many schools across the country. But some educators report that parents ...

One intervention which sent parents “nudge” letters to improve attendance, focusing on the number of schooldays their children had missed the previous year, was found to have had a positive impact on ...

In Tacoma and 16 other cities across the nation, school districts are boosting student attendance ... letters include a tally of a student’s absences — a number that research shows parents ...

district decided to take a fresh approach to student attendance ... But we’re really talking about a positive, proactive approach. For parents, there’s still this misconception that we ...

One intervention which sent parents “nudge” letters to improve attendance, focusing on the number of schooldays their children had missed the previous year, was found to have had a positive ...