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:
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context
October 30, 2002
Report - By: The Providence Plan
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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]