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EPISODE · Aug 4, 2025 · 52 MIN

S7E1 - Postcards, Home Visits, and Public Sliming: How Hamiltion Elementary Cut its Chronic Absenteeism Rate in Half in One Year

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Episode Notes In this episode, Alec Patton talks to Hamilton Elementary Principal Dr. Brittany Daley and San Diego County Office of Education Executive Leadership Coach Julia Bridi about how Hamilton cut its chronic absenteeism rate from 24% to 10% in a single year, using creative parent communication, home visits, data checks, and public sliming See photos of the sliming, silly string, and Brittany's rainbow mohawk here! Resources mentioned in this episode: Attendance home visit script ICAN school team self-assessment rubric How to do a 2x10 intervention (article) (video) Interview with Simon Breakspear about the Pruning Principle (podcast episode) Learn more about how the RAISE Network is tackling chronic absenteeism in California here Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

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Episode Notes In this episode, Alec Patton talks to Hamilton Elementary Principal Dr. Brittany Daley and San Diego County Office of Education Executive Leadership Coach Julia Bridi about how Hamilton cut its chronic absenteeism rate from 24% to 10%...

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