In the families that received the nudge letters, chronic absenteeism rates fell 10 percent. The researchers also found a spillover effect: Attendance improved for siblings of students targeted by ...

Officials said that last year, it mailed 12,000 of the letters, which include a bar graph that compares a student's attendance record with that of his or her classmates. Carrie Dishman ...

Bank of America has begun sending “letters of education” — which warn of potential disciplinary action — to employees who are not meeting the bank’s office attendance policy, the ...