Attendance Webinar Available

Attendance: Analyzing and Addressing Disparities Facing African American Boys in Oakland

Urban Strategies Council found that in 2010-2011, almost one in five African American males was chronically absent, missing more than 10 percent of the school year – a rate double the OUSD average.  Further, not a single middle school in the district in 2010-2011 achieved the district’s goal of less than six percent of African American males chronically absent.   National research shows that students who are chronically absent at any grade level are less likely to graduate or experience academic success. Improving attendance among African American boys, particularly in the earliest grades, has the potential to boost dramatically their chances of succeeding academically.

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