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Guerra, Jillian; Bright, David – Journal of School Counseling, 2021
School attendance problems (SAPs) have traditionally been viewed as a result of behavioral challenges in student populations. Increasing evidence suggests, however, that a substantial portion of SAPs and school refusal behaviors are related to underlying anxiety in students. The school counselor, as an advocate for all students, is well-positioned…
Descriptors: Anxiety, School Counselors, Attendance Patterns, Student Behavior
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Kethineni, Sesha; Frazier-Kouassi, Susan; Shigemoto, Yuki; Jennings, Wesley; Cardwell, Stephanie M.; Piquero, Alex R.; Gay, Kimberly; Sundaravadivelu, Dayanand – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
This review aims to synthesize the evaluation evidence for parent-engagement programs that focus on reducing juvenile truancy as the primary outcome. Delinquent behavior will be assessed as a secondary outcome when included. This objective is guided by the following research questions: (1) what is the effectiveness of parent-engagement programs…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Truancy, Delinquency
St. Joseph, Stephanie; Austin, Sean C.; Strickland-Cohen, Kathleen; Machalicek, Wendy; McIntosh, Kent – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2022
This brief provides an overview of how to identify and determine why a student may be avoiding or refusing to attend school, and ways that schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) teams can help to assess and address school refusal. We will introduce a research-based framework to engage in problem-solving to better support…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
AASA, The School Superintendent's Association, 2023
Located in southwestern Pennsylvania near the borders of Maryland and West Virginia, the district has 1,483 students, with 21% minority enrollment. The district and its students have experienced many of the problems related to the opioid epidemic, including many students being raised by grandparents due to parental drug use. The district has three…
Descriptors: School Districts, Social Justice, Equal Education, Social Bias
Guam Department of Education, 2019
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is a single unified and accredited school district consisting of Kindergarten through 12th grade which administers Head Start, pre-Kindergarten GATE programs, and is piloting pre-Kindergarten classes at selected schools. Their 26 elementary, 8 middle, 6 high and 1 alternative schools serve about 30,000…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Graduation Rate
Guam Department of Education, 2018
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is a single unified and accredited school district consisting of Kindergarten through 12th grade which administers Head Start, pre-Kindergarten GATE programs, and is piloting pre-Kindergarten classes at selected schools. Their 26 elementary, 8 middle, 6 high and 1 alternative schools serve nearly 31,000…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Graduation Rate
Guam Department of Education, 2017
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is a single unified and accredited school district consisting of Kindergarten through 12th grade. Their 26 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 6 high schools, and 1 alternative school serve nearly 31,000 students and are managed by the Superintendent, who is the chief executive officer for the department,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Graduation Rate
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2016
An estimated five to seven and a half million students miss 18 or more days of school each year, or nearly an entire month or more of school, which puts them at significant risk of falling behind academically and failing to graduate from high school. Every student absence jeopardizes the ability of students to succeed at school and schools to…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, At Risk Students, Truancy, Dropouts
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Reid, Ken – Educational Studies, 2012
This paper reflects upon a career of 40 years involving teaching and research into the causes and solutions for school absenteeism and truancy. It includes insights into both professional and empirical work and notes how the subject has become increasingly "politicised" over the last 25-30 years by governments of both persuasions: Left and Right.…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance, Educational Research, Educational Policy
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Hoover, John; Larson, Joanne M.; Baker, Timothy D. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
This paper consists of a selective, critical literature review of research dealing with the potential relationship between bullying and the characteristics associated with potential status as creative, gifted, and talented. While no clear and direct indication exists that gifted or talented status produces risk for victimization, indirect evidence…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Academically Gifted, Creativity
New Jersey Department of Education, 2018
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools for the 2016-17 school year on incidents of violence; vandalism; weapon offenses; substance offenses; and harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB). The information is presented annually by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to the Governor and Legislature to…
Descriptors: Weapons, Charter Schools, Substance Abuse, Violence
New Jersey Department of Education, 2017
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools for the 2015-16 school year on incidents of violence; vandalism; weapon offenses; substance offenses; and harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB). The information is presented annually by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to the Governor and Legislature to…
Descriptors: Weapons, Charter Schools, Substance Abuse, Violence
Mahoney, Michael – Oregon Department of Education, 2012
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization requires State Education Agencies to establish a school choice policy for students attending a persistently dangerous school as defined by the state. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) stipulates that a school can be deemed unsafe as a whole entity or for an individual student who is the…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Incidence, Definitions
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Babcock, Philip – Economics of Education Review, 2009
The paper estimates the response of student truancy and long-run labor market outcomes to discipline policies in middle and secondary school. Simultaneous determination of student behaviors and school policies motivates an instrumental variables strategy. Because judicial climate influences administrators' fear of discipline-related lawsuits,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Discipline Policy, Adolescents, Truancy
New Jersey Department of Education, 2015
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools for the 2014-15 school year on incidents of violence; vandalism; weapon offenses; substance offenses; and harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB). The information is presented annually by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to the Governor and Legislature to…
Descriptors: Weapons, Charter Schools, Substance Abuse, Violence
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