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Absent from school : understanding and addressing student absenteeism

Gottfried, Michael A., editor, Hutt, Ethan L., editor

Overview

In Absent from School, Gottfried and Hutt offer a comprehensive and timely resource for educators and policy makers seeking to understand the scope, impact, and causes of chronic student absenteeism. The editors present a series of studies by leading researchers from a variety of disciplines that address which students are missing school and why, what roles schools themselves play in contributing to or offsetting patterns of absenteeism, and ways to assess student attendance for purposes of school accountability. The contributors examine school-based initiatives that focus on a range of issues, including transportation, student health, discipline policies, and protections for immigrant students, as well as interventions intended to improve student attendance. Only in the past two or three years has chronic absenteeism become the focus of attention among policy makers, civil rights advocates, and educators. Absent from School provides the first critical, systematic look at research that can inform and guide those who are working to ensure that every child is in school and learning every day -- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Subject: School attendance United States. / Academic achievement United States. / Education and state United States. / School improvement programs United States. / School environment United States. / Parent-teacher relationships. / Teacher-student relationships. / Education Parent participation United States.
• ISBN: 9781682532775, 9781682532782

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
LC143.A23 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE