Masking Attendance: How Education Policy Distracts from the Wicked Problem(s) of Chronic Absenteeism

Autor/inn/en	Childs, Joshua; Lofton, Richard
Titel	Masking Attendance: How Education Policy Distracts from the Wicked Problem(s) of Chronic Absenteeism
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 35 (2021) 2, S.213-234 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Childs, Joshua)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904820986771
Schlagwörter	Attendance Patterns; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Well Being; Educational Environment; Family Relationship; Poverty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Armut
Abstract	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 students' educational outcomes. Although well intentioned, education policy can distract from the multi-layered causes that impact achievement and opportunity gaps, and how students' life circumstances can affect their school attendance. Students who miss school frequently are less likely to be impacted by even the most robust and comprehensive education reforms. This paper discusses how the root causes of chronic absenteeism are complex and that policy distractions can stifle solutions to solve school attendance issues. As a wicked problem, chronic absenteeism, requires a conceptual framework that helps to organize policy responses within all levels of the educational system, as well as expansive to include other social sectors within public policy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01