Jeff Zoul's List: Attendance

The author propsoes that our profession’s race to improve student attendance has unearthed two metaphors, the notion of a “marathon” and that of a “sprint.” Ideas that were important, yet took a bit longer to implement, were of the former category; those that could be enacted tomorrow with urgency, “policy allowing and leadership willing,” were of the latter. This post looks at 5 ways to address the "marathon" aspects of improving student attendance.