Chronic Absenteeism: An Overlooked Vital Sign | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

Chronic school absenteeism is a national crisis—for education and for public health.

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Chronic Absenteeism: An Overlooked Vital Sign | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine | National Association of School Nurses

The #absenteeism problem is “a national #publichealth emergency and crisis,” says Sara Johnson, PhD, MPH, director of the Rales Center for the Integration of Health and Education at Johns Hopkins. https://ow.ly/M6hL50XpHC9 #Schoolnurses play a vital role in reducing absence by addressing health concerns early and supporting students to stay in school. #healthandeducation #education #schoolattendance #chronicabsenteeism Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new attendance initiative in the Detroit school district that is luring high school students to the classroom with promises of $200 gift cards for perfect attendance is off to a promising start.#Detroitschools #attendance #chronicabsenteeism #highschoolers #incentives #perfectattendance
Detroit district’s new attendance incentive draws more students to class
Detroit district’s new attendance incentive draws more students to class

A new attendance initiative in the Detroit school district that is luring high school students to the classroom with promises of $200 gift cards for perfect attendance is off to a promising start.

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Chronic absenteeism has increased over the last five years. Here’s how Houston ISD is addressing it.

Chronic absenteeism is when students miss at least 10% of days within a school year. Those numbers have doubled in Texas in the last five years.

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A Brooklyn Heights charter school is using a workplace app to strengthen community and accountability among its students. My latest for The Brooklyn Paper.

#apps #education #chronicabsenteeism

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-heights-high-school-uses-workplace-app-to-enhance-community-and-accountability/

Meet the newest CEO of Partnership with Children, Wesner Pierre. He sees his childhood reflected in NYC kids today, which fuels his goal to help them with post-pandemic challenges. My latest for NYN Media.

#nonprofits #NYC #chronicabsenteeism

https://www.nynmedia.com/personality/2023/09/helping-kids-post-covid-19-q-partnership-childrens-new-ceo-wesner-pierre/390631/

Helping kids post-COVID-19: A Q&A with Partnership With Children’s new CEO Wesner Pierre

The exec looks back at his own childhood and can relate to the challenges New York City’s youth face moving forward from the pandemic.

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