Tag: Absences
Report: Kindergarten Absences Have Long-Term Consequences
Posted: October 7, 2015 at 8:11 am / Education
A national report released by nonprofits Attendance Works and Healthy Schools Campaign suggests that a child’s attendance in kindergarten has a strong influence on future educational success. The report looked at absenteeism among students, finding that those 5-year-olds who were chronically absent in their first year continued to stay behind their peers in later grades, averaging 20 percentage points […]