Missing School, Missing a Home: The Link between Chronic Absenteeism, Economic Instability and Homelessness in Michigan

Autor/inn/en	Erb-Downward, Jennifer; Watt, Payton
Institution	University of Michigan, Poverty Solutions
Titel	Missing School, Missing a Home: The Link between Chronic Absenteeism, Economic Instability and Homelessness in Michigan
Quelle	(2018), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Attendance; Homeless People; Academic Achievement; Student Characteristics; At Risk Students; Housing; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Suburbs; Race; Disabilities; Correlation; Ethnicity; School Districts; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Anwesenheit; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Schulleistung; Unterkunft; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Einzugsbereich; Rasse; Abstammung; Handicap; Behinderung; Korrelation; Ethnizität; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	Attendance is vital to academic success but many children in Michigan are not making it to school. Based on recent estimates, Michigan has the sixth highest statewide chronic absenteeism rate in the country. Efforts to reduce school absences can be strengthened by understanding the characteristics of students most at risk. Race, income and disability status are all associated with elevated rates of chronic absenteeism, but one group stands out in particular: homeless students. Data shows homelessness is a statewide issue affecting rural, suburban and urban communities alike, which indicates the need for a greater focus on the educational impact of housing instability in Michigan. This brief uses data from the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) to explore chronic absenteeism and makes policy recommendations to ensure all of the state's children make it to school. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan. Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Suite 5100, 735 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. e-mail: povertysolutions@umich.edu; Web site: https://poverty.umich.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01