NY media is discussing high absenteeism in our schools
The reaction to my Issue Brief for the Manhattan Institute on chronic absenteeism
I am excited about the media coverage of my new Issue Brief Chronic Absenteeism Is Hampering School Improvement Efforts in New York City: What Can Be Done About It?
Watch my interview to Fox 5 News about the increase in absenteeism in early grades:
There were also other articles about the brief:
AWOL kids puts them at risk: NYC public school absenteeism is too high (Daily News editorial)
Chronic absenteeism sees some improvement but remains high years after pandemic (NY1 segment and article)
Fresh proof New York’s educrats don’t care about education (NY Post editorial)
COVID wrecked school attendance and its importance to parents, kids — but there’s plenty we can do (NY post op-ed by Eva Moskowitz)
Why We Should Worry When Kids Don’t Show Up at School (City Journal by Naomi Schaefer Riley)
I hope all this coverage will influence our elected officials at the city and the State to prioritize reducing chronic absenteeism and provide more timely data to the public.
As I told many reporters last week, we can’t solve the literacy problem or learning loss until we solve chronic absenteeism.
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