Relevant to a recent thread launched by Jack Schneider. While it is true that some folks in the policy world are focused solely on restoring norms of regular school attendance, our partners at Attendance Works attend both to norms and to structural barriers.

The clock is ticking for schools to spend their federal pandemic relief funds. But students have yet to recover from the academic and social losses. Could more time to learn and be with peers help? future-ed.org/the-promises-a…

A deeper look into 2021-22 U.S. Department of Education data shows that chronic absence directly affects students from all backgrounds

Our NEW analysis with Everyone Graduates's outlines how a systemic, multi-pronged district approach is needed to improve attendance: tinyurl.com/bdzy43bj

Enrollment is surging in red states' new taxpayer-funded, private-school-choice programs. But in Texas, rural Republicans allied with Democrats to block Gov. Abbott's voucher proposal. More here, from POLITICO: politico.com/news/2023/11/2…

Research tells us that students in high schools with high concentrations of poverty have less access to advanced coursework. Connecticut seeks to remedy that with $3.8M in grants. The 74 Connecticut Mirror the74million.org/article/connec…

This was a fabulous introduction to the problem-solving cycle as it applies to chronic absenteeism. It was an honor to share with and learn from Sharon Bradley of Plano ISD. If you missed it live, catch the replay!

The chronic absenteeism problem is daunting, but there's a lot of research pointing toward what works. What doesn't work is punitive action. I write about it in this playbook for FutureEd & Attendance Works. future-ed.org/attendance-pla…

In this week’s roundup:

The NYT addresses learning loss.

AI and education.

The attendance crisis.

AdvocacyLabs and organizing.

Plus the moment of resilience.

50can.org/blog/the-new-r…

Federal expenditures per child were about $9,910 in 2022, down from a pandemic-related high in 2021. Federal spending on children is expected to continue declining as temporary relief funding is spent down. Urban Institute urban.org/research/publi…

The editorial calls for additional time to learn, in after-school and/or summer school programs, so that students can recoup lost learning. Our explainer outlines the research evidence supporting extended learning time and details the challenges involved: future-ed.org/the-promises-a…

Check out the latest from FutureEd, the Legislative Tracker: 2023 Teacher-Pay Bills in the States buff.ly/41L6KFg #teacherpay

After more than two years since in-person classes resumed, schools nationwide are still seeing high absence rates. “This fundamental thing has shifted and we can’t quite get it back,” said FutureEd Policy Directory @LizCohen12. Read more in The Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Your weekend read: building student motivation: future-ed.org/reversing-the-…

The end of pandemic-era continuous eligibility for #Medicaid and CHIP has been disastrous for children and families. Glad to see states are correcting course.

North Carolina and Hawaii Make 10: States Advancing Medicaid/CHIP Multi-Year Continuous Eligibility for Young Children ccf.georgetown.edu/2023/11/16/nor… via Georgetown Center for Children and Families Elisabeth Wright Burak