Attendance Works is a national and state initiative that pushes for better policy and practice to improve school attendance.
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The updated Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU and @attendanceworks meets the shifting absenteeism landscape, identifying the new drivers and highlighting evidence-based ways to address them. #AttendancePlaybook
👉 See what works: future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
Today, many students and families face even greater challenges to showing up and engaging at school. It’s critical that educators select approaches adapted to what we know is working. 👉 Explore the Guide to Using the Attendance Playbook: attendanceworks.org/resource…
Help us make the Attendance Awareness Campaign even better. Share your feedback in our participant survey.
Take the survey: surveymonkey.com/r/aac2026-p…
What do successful attendance efforts have in common? The more than 150 new studies reviewed for the updated Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU and @attendanceworks make it increasingly clear that schools and districts need several foundational resources. future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
🌟 Progress on attendance is possible! Schools and districts nationwide are reducing chronic absence using teams, strong relationships, data and student supports. Explore our Bright Spots success stories for ideas that work!
attendanceworks.org/chronic-…
Small and rural school districts are bouncing back from pandemic high rates of chronic absence! New research points to the value of early intervention, family relationships and coordinated support. Nice article via @EdSurge
edsurge.com/news/how-some-sm…
Did you join in the fun during the 2026 Attendance Awareness Campaign? Please take a few minutes to share your feedback in our participant survey.
Take the survey: surveymonkey.com/r/aac2026-p…
🎉 We’re excited to announce @FutureEdGU @attendanceworks 2026 Attendance Playbook! The updated Playbook offers proven interventions that can be used to address today’s new barriers to attendance. @phylliswjordan
👉 Find the Attendance Playbook! future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
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We talk with Hedy Chang from @attendanceworks about why chronic absence is usually a symptom rather than the root problem, how relationships keep kids coming back, and why early, individualized support works better than blame.
Listen now: k12sta.com/behind-the-bell-e…
#BehindTheBell
Just 38% of parents worry about their child missing too many days of school, according to a survey from @BeALearningHero. This shows there’s work to be done with families about how being in school supports students’ social, emotional & physical well-being. bealearninghero.org/research…
📣 We’re hiring! Attendance Works is seeking an Associate Director of Communications to manage the design and production of our materials, social media and support the national Attendance Awareness Campaign.
Learn more and apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Rec…
Join us on November 18!
Join AERA and @The74 with panelists @bobbalfanz Hedy Chang (@attendanceworks), and @sarahlenhoff on November 18 for a public webinar on the absenteeism crisis, The Attendance Crisis Isn't Over: What's Driving It—And What Works. Learn more and register here! aera.net/Events-Meetings/The…
🌟 Progress on attendance is possible! Schools and districts nationwide are reducing chronic absence using teams, strong relationships, data and student supports. Explore our Bright Spots success stories for ideas that work!
attendanceworks.org/chronic-…
Small and rural school districts are bouncing back from pandemic high rates of chronic absence! New research points to the value of early intervention, family relationships and coordinated support. Nice article via @EdSurge
edsurge.com/news/how-some-sm…
Join us on November 18!
Join AERA and @The74 with panelists @bobbalfanz Hedy Chang (@attendanceworks), and @sarahlenhoff on November 18 for a public webinar on the absenteeism crisis, The Attendance Crisis Isn't Over: What's Driving It—And What Works. Learn more and register here! aera.net/Events-Meetings/The…
Just 38% of parents worry about their child missing too many days of school, according to a survey from @BeALearningHero. This shows there’s work to be done with families about how being in school supports students’ social, emotional & physical well-being. bealearninghero.org/research…
📣 We’re hiring! Attendance Works is seeking an Associate Director of Communications to manage the design and production of our materials, social media and support the national Attendance Awareness Campaign.
Learn more and apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Rec…
Funding opportunity! @ps_success
📣 The 2027 Community Collaboration Challenge includes grants of up to $3,000 to support collaborations that address chronic absence.
Intent to Apply deadline: Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. ET.
Learn more: partnershipstudentsuccess.or…
Encouraging attendance news in Nevada! The state’s chronic absence rate fell again in 2025–26, reaching 25.5% statewide. There’s more work to do, but this continued decline is an sign of progress in ensuring that all students attend school regularly.
nevadareportcard.nv.gov/DI/n…
Did you miss the Ensure Support All Year Long webinar on Sept. 23? Use our AAC Webinar #4 Discussion Guide with colleagues to continue the conversation about data, partnerships and year-round attendance planning.
➡️ attendanceworks.org/wp-conte…
