Integrating systemic and analytic approaches to school attendance problems: Synergistic frameworks for research and policy directions

CA Kearney - Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021 - Springer
Background School attendance and school attendance problems are complex and
significant indicators of child and adolescent health and development. The study of school …

Social forces, social justice, and school attendance problems in youth

CA Kearney, J Childs, S Burke - Contemporary School Psychology, 2023 - Springer
School attendance and completion are significant indicators of health and positive
psychosocial development in children and adolescents. School attendance and completion …

A multi-tiered systems of support blueprint for re-opening schools following COVID-19 shutdown

CA Kearney, J Childs - Children and Youth Services Review, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic will create enormous disruptions for youth and families with
respect to economic and health status, social relationships, and education for years to come …

Masking attendance: How education policy distracts from the wicked problem (s) of chronic absenteeism

J Childs, R Lofton - Educational Policy, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditionally, education policy focuses on reforms that address class size, teaching and
learning within classrooms, school choice, and changes in leadership as ways to improve …

[HTML][HTML] School attendance and school absenteeism: A primer for the past, present, and theory of change for the future

CA Kearney, L Benoit, C Gonzálvez… - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
School attendance and school absenteeism have been studied for over a century, leading to
a rich and vast literature base. At the same time, powerful demographic, climate, social …

[HTML][HTML] School absenteeism and academic achievement: Does the timing of the absence matter?

G Keppens - Learning and Instruction, 2023 - Elsevier
A large body of research demonstrates that school absenteeism is detrimental to learning,
academic achievement and educational outcomes. However, questions remain whether this …

Using data-driven analytics and ecological systems theory to identify risk and protective factors for school absenteeism among secondary students

K Lee, BJ McMorris, CL Chi, WS Looman… - Journal of school …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic absenteeism is an administrative term defining extreme failure for students to be
present at school, which can have devastating long-term impacts on students. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Unlearning school attendance and its problems: Moving from historical categories to postmodern dimensions

CA Kearney, C Gonzálvez - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
School attendance and its problems have been a focus of myriad stakeholders for over a
century, which has led both to important advancements in this area as well as …

Multi-tiered systems of support for school attendance and its problems: An unlearning perspective for areas of high chronic absenteeism

CA Kearney, PA Graczyk - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
School attendance problems (SAPs) are a vexing challenge for many educational districts
given their complexity, heterogeneity, and opacity. One potential coordinated, integrated …

Improving school attendance data and defining problematic and chronic school absenteeism: the next stage for educational policies and health-based practices

CA Kearney, J Childs - Preventing School Failure: Alternative …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
School attendance/absenteeism (SA/A) is a crucial indicator of health and development in
youth but educational policies and health-based practices in this area rely heavily on a …