K-12 Dive
To help schools better understand where they can have the most impact on increasing student attendance and achievement, the study’s authors said they are planning another phase of research to examine a broad range of school, neighborhood and individual factors affecting absenteeism.
The current study found that the school students attended influenced their attendance much more than the neighborhood where they lived. Additionally, students’ views of feeling safe at school and safe from bullying and teasing were associated with higher rates of attendance — especially in high schools, where adjusted absence rates were about 4 percentage points lower in schools with strong safety practices after the pandemic...