Education Beat

How Fresno Unified is getting missing students back in class

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Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic, many California students have struggled to attend class regularly. Recent data shows that even last school year, when kids were back in person and there were fewer Covid regulations, nearly a quarter of students statewide missed more than 10% of the school year.

But some school districts, like Fresno Unified, have managed to bring many of their missing students back to class. What's their secret?

Guests:

  • Abigail Arii, Director of Student Support Services, Fresno Unified School District
  • Noreida Pérez, Attendance Manager, Fresno Unified School District
  • Betty Márquez Rosales, Reporter, EdSource
  • Lasherica Thornton, Reporter, EdSource

    • Read more from EdSource:

    • Calls, home visits, counseling help get California students back to school
    • Interactive Map: Chronic absenteeism up in nearly a third of 930 California districts
    • California’s dramatic jump in chronically absent students part of a nationwide surge

      • Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

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