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Click the + above and share your thoughts!

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Jevelyn Bonner-Reed (Feb 28, 2025, 12:20 PM)

I like that vision. We talk a lot about teachers and principals and not enough about non-certified staff (bus drivers, child nutrition, hr and finance professionals, etc.). They also impact students and need to be appreciated.

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Alfred Mays (Feb 28, 2025, 12:20 PM)

Kudos Mo to you and your amazing team for your efforts to hear from our community!

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Rhode Island had a statewide strategy, and studies have been done about the impact of chronic absenteeism and student achievement. Below are links to the RI information. Attached is a recent study.

Attendance Matters RI | RI Department of Education

RIDE - Data Activation

Attendance in R.I. public schools is on the rebound after pandemic plunge • Rhode Island Current

www.attendancemattersri.org - Campaign

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Here is a toolkit regarding Chronic Absenteeism.

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Here is another document to review about chronic absenteeism.

2.18.25 GLR LT Scorecard & Attendance .pptx

Why I am passionate about this is because I have recognized that without students attending the school day, they are not able to take advantage of the other initiatives we fund such as high dosage tutoring, after school programs and all the work focused on improving instruction. We also cannot reach higher levels of student achievement without a focused strategy on this issue.

Another state with a statewide initiative is Connecticut. I do not have materials from that state at this time.

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BestNC has been working on this for NC and during a recent event they had a panel to discuss this in NC. Here is the link to the panel (42 minutes).

Panel: Teacher Apprenticeship, the Next Innovation - NC Ed Lab X

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Panel: Teacher Apprenticeship, the Next Innovation - NC Ed Lab X

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Maryland's plan to hire laid off federal employees to be on a fast track to teacher certification

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Maryland's plan to hire laid off federal employees to be on a fast track to teacher certification

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Interesting mention of using the challenges of today to fill teacher vacancies.

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Raw: Governor announces 5 steps to support federal workers