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July 1, 2024
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Vol. 81
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No. 9
School Tool

Why Aren’t Students Coming to School?

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Educational Leadership Staff

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      One of the first steps in addressing chronic absenteeism is to uncover the barriers keeping students at home. This anonymous student survey, from Teacher’s Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges by Jessica Sprick and Tricia Berg (ASCD, 2019), can provide teachers with valuable data about why students in their classrooms are missing school. Available as a downloadable PDF, the survey can be adapted to the time of year, grade level, or other factors that contribute to absenteeism in the local community.
      School Tool: Why Aren’t Students Coming to School?

      EL’s experienced team of writers and editors produces Educational Leadership magazine, an award-winning publication that reaches hundreds of thousands of K-12 educators and leaders each year. Our work directly supports the mission of ASCD: To empower educators to achieve excellence in learning, teaching, and leading so that every child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. 

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