39. What Works to Address Absenteeism?

Jeremy Singer, professor at University of Michigan-Flint, talks to us about his exhaustive study of how principals are stemming the tide of absenteeism -- what's proving effective, and what isn't? (It's a big deal! The Hechinger Report wrote it up too!)A related piece, coming out of the same research project, is going to be the subject of an Annenberg EdWorkingPapers webinar on June 17th, for anyone who'd like to learn more.See also the book, Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism, by Lenhoff and Singer, for still more.