Absenteeism

Activities Projects Publications Webinars


Absenteeism is an important indicator of how well children will perform in school. A number of our partners are helping school districts understand chronic absenteeism in their communities.
Related Activities:
NNIP Partners and Local Governments Work Together to Tackle Community Challenges
March 2018
Urban Institute ( NNIP Coordinator )
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance ( Baltimore )
(Inactive) Thoughtwell ( Columbus )
Urban Strategies Council ( Oakland )


Local governments should engage with data intermediary organizations, such as the members of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, to more effectively identify priority issues, find... [read more]

Impact of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice on Future Youth Outcomes
November 6, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development ( Cleveland )


On November 5, 2015, Dr. Claudia Coulton presented the talk "Exploring the Impact of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Involvement on Future... [read more]

The Importance of Reducing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades
September 29, 2014
(Inactive) The Providence Plan ( Providence )


In celebration of Attendance Awareness Month, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, The Providence Plan, and the Rhode Island Data  Sharing Project held a special event for educators, policymakers, and... [read more]

EastPoint PaCT neighborhood transformation
January 2013
Community Information Now (CINow) ( San Antonio )


EastPoint PaCT (Promise and Choice Together) is a group of coordinated initiatives working to transform and revitalize the EastPoint neighborhood, a near-eastside area with a rich history... [read more]

Children's Optimal Health launches new website
August 24, 2012
(Inactive) Children's Optimal Health ( Austin* )


Children's Optimal Health is pleased to announce that we have launched a new  website. Many of our maps and all of our published reports are available for download through the site. There is... [read more]

InfoWorks! Education Data
2012
(Inactive) The Providence Plan ( Providence )


InfoWorks is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Department of Education and The Providence Plan. The InfoWorks site is designed as user-friendly, easily accessible resource for anyone... [read more]

CI:Now wins Kronkosky Charitable Foundation grant
June 2012
Community Information Now (CINow) ( San Antonio )


CI:Now was awarded a one-year $50,000 operating grant from the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation to support child data integration and... [read more]

Chronic Absenteeism Project
July 2011
(Inactive) Community Link Capital Region ( Sacramento )


A collaborative project with the Sacramento City Unified School District and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change using student attendance data to determine the prevalence of chronic... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council Provides Analysis to African American Male Achievement Initiative
2010 - 2012
Urban Strategies Council ( Oakland )


In late 2010, the Urban Strategies Council and Oakland Unified School District, in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation, launched a bold new initiative aimed at addressing the... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Connecting People and Place: Improving Communities through Integrated Data Systems
April 2013 - December 2016
Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Contact: Leah Hendey , [email protected]
Partners: NNIP Coordinator , Baltimore , Cleveland , New York , Pinellas County , Pittsburgh , Providence


In 2013, NNIP launched a three-year cross-site project, Connecting People and Place, supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to expand the relevance... [read more]

Related Publications:
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Improving Public Decisionmaking: Local Governments and Data Intermediaries
March 9, 2018
Report - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit; G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
Urban Strategies Council
Oakland
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Building Public Data Capacity and Partnerships for Racial Equity in Oakland
March 9, 2018
Report - By: Sara McTarnaghan
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
People and Place Matter: Using Integrated Data Systems to Understand Chronic Absenteeism
April 11, 2016
Report - By: Alexandra Derian
PDF
Link
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Policy Brief: Chronic School Absenteeism in Public Schools in Pittsburgh, PA
January 2016
Report - By: Sabina Deitrick, Feifei Ye, Joshua Childs, and Caiyan Zhang
PDF
Juvenile Welfare Board
Pinellas County
Presentation: How can we as a community reduce school absenteeism?
November 2015
Presentation - By: J. Joseph Baldwin, MA; Denise M. Groesbeck OTR, MPA, MSW; Starr Silver, Ph.D.; and Charles Dion, MA
PDF
Juvenile Welfare Board
Pinellas County
Kindergarten Counts Coloring Book
November 2015
Report - By: J. Joseph Baldwin, MA; Denise M. Groesbeck OTR, MPA, MSW; Starr Silver, Ph.D.; and Charles Dion, MA
PDF
Juvenile Welfare Board
Pinellas County
Policy Brief: A Study of Student Absenteeism in Pinellas County
November 2015
Report - By: J. Joseph Baldwin, MA; Denise M. Groesbeck OTR, MPA, MSW; Starr Silver, Ph.D.; and Charles Dion, MA
PDF
Juvenile Welfare Board
Pinellas County
A Study of Student Absenteeism in Pinellas County
November 19, 2015
Presentation - By: Denise Groesbeck; Joe Baldwin
PPTX
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Exploring Child Well-being and School Success with Integrated Data, Presentation by Sabina Deitrick
May 7, 2015
Presentation - By: Sabina Deitrick
PPTX
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Exploring Child Well-being and School Success with Integrated Data, Presentation by Leah Hendey
May 7, 2015
Presentation - By: Leah Hendey
PPTX
Juvenile Welfare Board
Pinellas County
Exploring Child Well-being and School Success with Integrated Data, Presentation by Joe Baldwin
May 7, 2015
Presentation - By: Joe Baldwin
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Connecting People and Place: Improving Communities Through Integrated Data Systems, One-Page Description
January 2015
Announcement - By: Alexandra Derian; Leah Hendey
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Strengthening Capacity For Data-Driven Decisionmaking
December 9, 2014
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit
PPTX
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Chronic absenteeism among kindergarten students
September 29, 2014
Report - By: RI DataHUB
Link
Urban Strategies Council
Oakland
Oakland Achieves- 2014 Progress Report
August 2014
Report - By: Rebecca Brown; Joe Jackson; Sarah Marxer; Steve Spiker
Report

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Related Webinars:
The Challenges of Working with Truancy Data
October 20, 2008 - 8:00pm
Speaker: Hedy Chang; Dr. L. Shon Bunkley, Community Research Partners


In this webinar, Shon Bunkley of Community Research Partners and Hedy Chang, a consultant to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, present their recent work on truancy.    Shon was part of the CRP... [read more]

African American Male Achievement in OUSD: An Overview

Speaker: Junious Wiliams; Steve Spiker; Tony Smith, OUSD Superintendent; Chris Chatmon, ED for African American Male Achievement at OUSD


On May 30th at 10am Pacific, Urban Strategies Council and the Oakland Unified School... [read more]