Attendance Trends

Article: Students Are Missing School at an Alarming Rate - NY Times 11/17/23

The article references analysis by Attendance Works and Everyone Graduates.

Giving kids more independence may help anxiety

This piece really resonated with me: This Simple Fix Could Help Anxious Kids

Quote: "While there could be many reasons our kids are suffering, what if the problem was simply that kids are growing up so over-protected that they’re scared of the world? If so, the solution would be simple, too: Start letting them do more things on their own."

There's also a good video showing lots of kids who look about 4-6th grade

This is the website/program Let Grow mentioned in the piece

Greater Good Science Center

Based at UC Berkeley, the Greater Good Science Center provides a bridge between the research community and the general public. The GGSC studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

Greater Good Education Center "presents education professionals with practical, scientific insights that help them bring the science of a meaningful life into their lives, schools, and classrooms. It draws on disciplines such as social-emotional learning (SEL), mindfulness, character education, and related topics. Our goal is to help them better understand the roots of kind, helpful--or "prosocial"--behavior and emotional well-being, and how they can build those skills in themselves, their colleagues, and their students."

Teaching & Learning for the Greater Good is "An online course that puts the science of social-emotional learning & mindfulness into action in classrooms and schools." It costs $199.