Part two of the working data story for and with the Providence Mayor's Children and Youth Cabinet. The primary goal of this part of the story is to understand factors affecting attendance in middle school. Our focus school is Roger Williams Middle School.
The following story is the second part of the attendance series with the Providence Children and Youth Cabinet. The first story focused on understanding factors affecting attendance at the elementary school level, with a particular focus on Bailey Elementary school.
This story focuses on attendance at the middle school level, and our focus school is Roger Williams Middle school. We continue to examine the available data through the Social Ecology framework.
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.
