Newark students miss too much school

Posted on January 21, 2016

2016_01_21_newark_chonic_absenteeism_cover Nearly one-quarter of Newark’s youngest students are missing school at a rate that it impedes their ability to succeed academically at a time crucial to their long-term school success, according to the Showing Up Matters: Newark Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Years, an Advocates for Children of New Jersey report released today.

Read the release.

Read the report.

Learn more about ACNJ efforts on student chronic absenteeism in NJ.