Absent from School: Understanding and Addressing Student Absenteeism

by Michael A. Gottfried (Editor), Ethan L Hutt (Editor), Elaine Allensworth (Foreword)

In Absent from School , Gottfried and Hutt offer a comprehensive and timely resource for educators and policy makers seeking to understand the scope, impact, and causes of chronic student absenteeism. The editors present a series of studies by leading researchers from a variety of disciplines that address which students are missing school and why, what roles schools themselves play in contributing to or offsetting patterns of absenteeism, and ways to assess student attendance for purposes of school accountability. The contributors examine school-based initiatives that focus on a range of issues, including transportation, student health, discipline policies, and protections for immigrant students, as well as interventions intended to improve student attendance.
 
Only in the past two or three years has chronic absenteeism become the focus of attention among policy makers, civil rights advocates, and educators. Absent from School provides the first critical, systematic look at research that can inform and guide those who are working to ensure that every child is in school and learning every day.

288 pages, Library Binding

Published February 19, 2019

Reviews

[Emma Rieser · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️ This book discussed themes of chronic student absenteeism that I haven’t heard of before. Rather than pinning this debate on student initiative to get to class, the authors delved deeper into the root cause of why students miss 18+ days of school in a semester. it was interesting to read about bus/school transportation reliability, missing accommodations for students with disabilities, and environmental factors outside of the classroom. All of which have a different impact on students.