{"id":427435,"date":"2022-04-06T02:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/banks-needs-to-get-nyc-schools-absenteeism-fixed-not-the-records\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T02:29:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:29:25","slug":"banks-needs-to-get-nyc-schools-absenteeism-fixed-not-the-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/banks-needs-to-get-nyc-schools-absenteeism-fixed-not-the-records\/","title":{"rendered":"#Banks needs to get NYC schools absenteeism fixed, not the records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b9d1c049\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b9d1c049\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/banks-needs-to-get-nyc-schools-absenteeism-fixed-not-the-records\/#%E2%80%9CBanks_needs_to_get_NYC_schools_absenteeism_fixed_not_the_records%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Banks needs to get NYC schools absenteeism fixed, not the records&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBanks_needs_to_get_NYC_schools_absenteeism_fixed_not_the_records%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Banks needs to get NYC schools absenteeism fixed, not the records&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Chronic absenteeism has hit a staggering 40% in the city public-school system, The Post\u2019s Susan Edelman reported Sunday. That translates to about 375,000 children out of 938,000 registered students missing at least 10% of schooldays.<\/p>\n<p>And that figure, up from 26% in the pre-COVID 2018-19 year, is an undercount: Kids who log in online or have nominal contact with a teacher while out with COVID or quarantined get marked present.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: Will Chancellor David Banks stop the Department of Education bureaucrats from fixing the data, not the problem?<\/p>\n<p>Post-pandemic school absenteeism is plaguing big-city school districts across America, as many parents retain (unfounded) fears about COVID transmission in school \u2014 and all too many kids got out of the habit of showing up every day. Yet chronic absenteeism (defined as missing 18 days or more of an academic year) often results in low achievement, truancy, dropping out, delinquency and substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Far worse (in the educrats\u2019 eyes), poor attendance figures imperil DOE\u2019s bottom line: Much state and federal aid is pegged to the number of students in school on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>So the DOE regulars have rushed to paper over the crisis, pushing principals to \u201ccorrect\u201d the absentee data. In a memo leaked on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, DOE sets a goal of reducing chronic absenteeism citywide to 30%, with each district and school given a target to hit \u2014 and principals urged to review <em>past <\/em>attendance records to ensure that absences got coded correctly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Emptyclassroom.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"An empty classroom at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 shows that a teacher has prepared for the start of the school year on September 02, 2021 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-21793943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Emptyclassroom.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Emptyclassroom.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Emptyclassroom.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sure, the Department of Education can rewrite attendance records, but it won\u2019t stop the devastating effects of students missing out on lessons.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hint, hint: <em>Fudge the records, guys.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the DOE is also using some of its avalanche of federal funds to hire social workers and others to make home visits and otherwise get the kids coming to school more regularly. It probably needs to make every school expand its front office to ensure endless calls home (which means more effort to get working numbers) whenever a kid doesn\u2019t show.<\/p>\n<p>It should also revisit the de Blasio-era policy that says poor attendance can\u2019t prevent promotion to the next grade.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s up to Banks to ensure the bureaucracy actually mends its ways on this front, as on all too many others.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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That translates to about 375,000 children out of 938,000 registered students missing at least 10% of schooldays. 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