Event: EdPolicyForward: Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism
Date: Sep 25, 2025
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Zoom
Description:
EdPolicyForward: the Center for Education Policy at George Mason University will hold its first research workshop of the Fall 2025 semester with Dr. Sarah Lenhoff & Dr. Jeremy Singer. Dr. Lenhoff is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies and the Leonard Kaplan Endowed Professor in Wayne State University’s College of Education. Her research focuses on education policy implementation and access to equitable educational opportunities, with a focus on how collaborative research with practitioners and community members can facilitate systemic improvement. Dr. Jeremy Singer is an assistant professor of education in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education at the University of Michigan–Flint. His work focuses on the intersections between education policy and racial and socioeconomic inequality, covering such topics as attendance and chronic absenteeism, school choice, school improvement, and the relationship between housing and education.
The title of Dr. Lenhoff and Dr. Singers talk is Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism.
Dr. Lenhoff and Dr. Singers workshop will meet online on Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 11:00am-12:30pm ET. Please register to receive an automatic zoom link.
Summary of the presentation:
Dr. Sarah Winchell Lenhoff (Wayne State University) and Dr. Jeremy Singer (University of Michigan - Flint) will share findings from their research on chronic absenteeism. They will present new evidence from their recent survey of Michigan school leaders as well as the key takeaways from their book Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism: Why Schools Cant Solve it Alone, which is based on an in-depth, multi-year study of attendance and chronic absenteeism in Detroit. The presentation will cover root causes of absenteeism, benefits and drawbacks of common strategies used to improve attendance, and recommendations for educators, policymakers, and communities.
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