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Abstract: School leaders, teachers, and parents have been concerned about students missing large numbers of school days, even prior to the pandemic. Nationwide, approximately 20 percent of students miss 10 percent of school time – a cutoff that most states have termed as being “chronically absent” (Jordan & Miller, 2017). These rates have increased since COVID-19, with some estimates at around 40 percent for chronic absenteeism (Gee, Chavez, & Hough, 2023). Given the worsening problem there is good reason for district leaders and policymakers to be concerned. The significant and troubling declines in student performance since the pandemic could be driven in part by this dramatic increase in absenteeism.In response to the ... Read More PubDate: 2024-06-29T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Truancy policies regulate the unexcused absences of children subject to compulsory attendance laws. These laws exist to keep children present and engaged in school. However, across the country, state truancy laws allow schools, districts, and local governments to use punitive consequences for state policy-defined truancy which may run counter to promoting school engagement for these youth. For example, in 2014, a Pennsylvania mother of seven children who was serving a two-day jail sentence for her inability to pay $2,000 in truancy fines, was found dead in her jail cell (Strauss, 2014). In this example, Pennsylvania truancy laws may have exacerbated the financial hardship for this socioeconomically disadvantaged ... Read More PubDate: 2024-06-29T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: English learners (ELs) constitute the fastest-growing population of students in the United States, accounting for approximately 11 percent of all public school enrollment (National Center for Education Statistics, 2023). Federal law stipulates that schools must provide ELs with services and additional support to acquire English proficiency until they meet state-established criteria for reclassification as fully English proficient (RFEP) (Hill, 2012; National Center for Education Statistics, 2023). In this way, EL status is intended to be a temporary designation, with the ultimate goal being reclassification. Indeed, the majority of ELs enter school in kindergarten and exit this designation by the end of elementary ... Read More PubDate: 2024-06-29T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Chronic absenteeism, defined in Hawai’i as 15 or more absences in a particular academic year, is a critical educational metric (Hayashi, 2022). On average, students with frequent absences tend to have lower educational performance and to be more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors (Liu et al., 2021; Gottfried, 2011; Ginsburg et al., 2014; Eaton et al., 2008). Importantly, chronic absenteeism rates are consistently highest for students in high school (U.S. Department of Education, 2019). Extant literature indicates that the top contributing factor to chronic absenteeism is student health (Jordan, 2019; Gubbels et al., 2019). The strong influence of health on student absences emphasizes the importance of students ... Read More PubDate: 2024-06-29T00:00:00-05:00