Reducing Chronic Absenteeism Collaborative

To register for this event, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Rates of chronic absenteeism have doubled nationwide since 2019 and remain stubbornly high, leaving districts in every state scrambling to get students back into classrooms. Traditional approaches to managing absenteeism are not sufficient for the scale of this challenge and don’t align with new root causes of the problem.

EAB research identified that, for most districts, reducing absenteeism starts with rethinking the process for communicating with families about absences – focusing on partnership, not prosecution. Therefore, we’re now helping District Leadership Forum partner districts update their practices and adopt a sustainable, research-based process for boosting attendance in their schools.

By participating in this Collaborative, partners will receive:

• 4 working sessions with district leaders from around the country, facilitated by EAB experts
• Every resource needed, including communication templates, project plans, and implementation guides
• Weekly office hours for thought partnership and individualized support from EAB

Sessions

To complete your registration, please reach out to us at [email protected]. 

Attendance is best suited for superintendents, assistant superintendents, director of student support services, and directors of counseling. Registration is limited to three attendees per district.

• Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time | Kickoff
• Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time | Crafting a Universal Campaign
• Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time | Preparing Targeted Outreach
• Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time | Planning for District-wide Implementation

*Districts who have participated in previous cohorts can register for this series, however, we will be teaching the same strategies.