Success Stories Related to Improved Attendance
NCFL Boosts Attendance, Family Bonds and Literacy in SW Detroit
The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)’s family literacy model has seen success in bringing together families to build relationships that lead to improved attendance while boosting reading and writing skills. In southwest Detroit the NCFL’s Family Literacy program is doing just that…
Central Texas: A Regional Campaign
The E3 Alliance – a cradle-to-career partnership that unites education, community and business in central Texas — sat down with local superintendents to find out how best to deal with state budget cuts. The consensus was to improve student attendance, which in Texas is tied directly…
Check and Connect
Check & Connect is a comprehensive student engagement intervention developed at the University of Minnesota in partnership with the Minneapolis School District, starting back in 1990. This is an evidence-based dropout prevention program that uses trained mentors to engage marginalized students in grades K-12 and…
City Year: Near Peer Relationships
The simple act of saying good morning to every student is an effective step toward increasing attendance and ultimately reducing drop-out rates for at-risk schoolchildren. It’s an approach used by City Year, a national nonprofit that places AmeriCorps members ages 17 to 24 in 160…
Council Bluffs: A Grade-Level Reading Lens
Bright Spots showcase the work in Grade-Level Reading communities to make progress on school readiness, school attendance and summer learning by 2016. Continue reading below or download a PDF version. Before the school year starts in Council Bluffs, Iowa, preschoolers get a home visit from…
Data Sharing With Child Welfare System
When students start missing too much school in Baltimore, their parents are likely to receive a phone call or a home visit to find out what’s going on. But what about kids in foster care? Under a unique data sharing agreement, Baltimore’s child welfare workers…
Diplomas Now
Research shows that attendance is one of the greatest predictors of graduation and a significant driver of student achievement. Diplomas Now is an innovative model that targets attendance as it helps the toughest middle and high schools in America’s largest cities prepare students to graduate…
