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Download full textDubay, Lisa; Holla, Nikhil – Urban Institute, 2015
Enrollment in early childhood education programs can be an important stepping stone to higher educational achievement, particularly for low-income children. This report examines the extent of absenteeism in the District of Columbia Public Schools' (DCPS) school-based Head Start program in the 2013-2014 school year (SY). Absence rates and the share…
Descriptors: Attendance, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Early Childhood Education
Blagg, Kristin; Rosenboom, Victoria; Chingos, Matthew M. – Urban Institute, 2018
We measure the relationship between travel time to school and students' likelihood of transfer (and where they transfer to), attendance, and test scores in Washington, DC. Travel time to school is especially salient in DC, where roughly three-quarters of students attend a school other than the one tied to their neighborhood. A longer commute is…
Descriptors: Travel, Time, Transfer Students, Attendance Patterns
Liberman, Akiva; Cahill, Meagan – Urban Institute, 2012
Truancy is well documented as an indicator of high risk for drop-out and failure to graduate, as well as a risk factor for delinquency. This report provides a snapshot of truancy in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) high schools and middle schools in 2010-11. School data on student absenteeism was combined with Census and crime data on…
Descriptors: Truancy, Risk, Attendance Patterns, Crime
