A data story for and with the Providence Mayor's Children and Youth Cabinet. The primary goal of the story is to understand factors affecting attendance in elementary school. Our focus school is Bailey Elementary.
Interpersonal indicators of consistent attendance can be sub-divided into two groups:
Family (parental involvement, perceptions on value of educations, and household stressors such as single parent status, primary language other than english, family mobility, unreliable transportation, homelessness, health concerns, substance use, etc.)
Peer interactions (social competence, neighborhood peer interactions, etc.).
Schools can not teach students who are not there. Understanding the degree and nature of low attendance among the youngest students, as well as what they have in common, gives us insight into possible ways of mitigating both the absenteeism and its deleterious effects.
A data story previewing the linkage of data from K-12 to higher education.
