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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year for much better attendance. Jason Jones, cultural success coach and care center manager, talks about the care center at San Carlos High School Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. Jason Jones, cultural success coach and care center manager, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

LAUSD math, English test scores show strong gains, but most students still not proficient

LA Times

Los Angeles public school students have some positive news when it comes to the standardized tests they took in spring: Their scores rose in math and English across nearly every grade level and demographic — a year-over-year increase that bested improvements seen in state scores. Gains among English learners, others The district saw particular gains among English learners and students …

Pandemic English Students Test Math California State

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Endorsement: Karla Griego for Los Angeles Unified School Board District 5

LA Times

Voters in Los Angeles Unified School Board District 5 have a choice on the Nov. 5 ballot between Karla Griego, a special education teacher, and Graciela Ortiz, a district administrator. Her priorities include increasing district accountability and transparency over budgeting, contracts and charter schools, expanding the services schools provide to children and their families and continuing to invest in the …

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10 months ago

Absenteeism due to flu reaches peak levels in January

NL Times

The number of reports of illness reached its highest point of the flu season so far in January, that was reported by occupational health and safety service providers ArboNed and HumanCapitalCare, both part of HumanTotalCare and jointly serving around 1 million employees.The first month of the year had 85 per 1000 employees call in sick. The increase is related to …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Targeting dissent'? Delhi University teacher absenteeism probe sparks backlash

India Today

Delhi University has formed a committee to address the issue of teachers not conducting classes. Maya John emphasised that the exclusion of elected members from the committee sidelined collective wisdom in running the university, adding that the DU administration had made changes in recent years that diluted the teaching-learning process. "Rather than addressing the actual sources of problems plaguing the …

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11 months ago

Absenteeism due to illness down for the first time in nine years

NL Times

The annual average absenteeism due to illness fell last year for the first time since 2014. That was reported by the occupational health and safety service providers ArboNed and HumanCapitalCare, both part of HumanTotalCare and jointly serving around 1 million employees. After several years in which the coronavirus had a major impact on absenteeism, it is now time to shift …

Absenteeism Penders

11 months, 1 week ago

Arbo Unie says that psychological absenteeism is costing society 1 billion annually

NL Times

Absenteeism due to mental health complaints is costing society over a billion euros a year. According to the occupational health and safety service provider, absenteeism due to illness will decrease in the coming year, but staff will be sick for longer due to psychological problems. People have "more on their plate" at work and in their personal lives, according to …

Health Complaints Unie Psychological Absenteeism

1 year ago

Almost 400,000 penalties issued in England for children missing school last year

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The £60 unauthorised absence fines …

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1 year, 4 months ago

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school

Hindustan Times

When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 school year, making them chronically absent, according to the most recent data available. Some of the things that prevent students from getting to school are consistent …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

Associated Press

— When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Some of the things that prevent students from getting to school are consistent — illness, economic distress — but “something has changed,” said Todd Langager, who helps San Diego County schools address absenteeism. Those students face poverty and …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Why are more students chronically absent in California, U.S.? Study examines troubling trend

LA Times

Juan Ballina, right, stands with his mother, Carmen Ballina, near their home. Dee concluded that while sickness may have contributed to the surge in chronic absenteeism, “it’s not really wholly explaining it … so the evidence is pointing to other substantive and enduring factors.” Dee and other experts attribute the absences to factors including the emotional and financial fallout of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Book Review: ‘A Matter of the Heart: Education in India’ by Anurag Behar remembers the forgotten teacher

The Hindu

Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ The title of Anurag Behar’s book about school education in India comes from a remark his father had once made. Sharad Chandra Behar, a retired civil servant who had devoted the major part of his career to improving public education, had said: “The heart of the matter in education …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Absenteeism will remain high due to staff shortages, experts warn

NL Times

The number of employees staying at home due to illness will continue to rise as long as staff shortages and work pressure remain high, according to labor market experts commenting on the absenteeism rate. Personnel shortages, particularly in healthcare, persist because of this "vicious circle,” said Ton Wilthagen, labor market professor at Tilburg University. According to researcher Maroesjka Versantvoort of …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Absenteeism approaching record heights as it continues to rise

NL Times

The number of employees who stayed at home due to illness rose again in the fourth quarter of last year, Statistics Netherlands reported. The absenteeism rate was approaching the figures from 2000, when CBS recorded the highest absenteeism since the start of the measurement four years earlier. According to CBS, the absenteeism rate in the last three months of 2022 …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Flu epidemic hitting hospitals extra hard due to high absenteeism

NL Times

Hospitals and other care institutions are struggling enormously to cope with the flu epidemic due to increasing staff shortages and high absenteeism in the sector, trade unions NU’91 and FNV Zorg & Welzijn told AD. In a normal situation, Dutch hospitals would be able to handle an epidemic of this size just fine, Elise Merlijn of FNV Zorg & Welzijn …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Sharp increase in small business absenteeism, sick leave in 2022

NL Times

The number of people absent from work in small and midsized enterprises rose sharply in 2022. Interpolis has said it is worrying that the number of people absent for a long time rose in 2022 compared to 2021 and the years before the coronavirus pandemic. When an organization struggles with not enough personnel, it creates added work pressure for its …

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2 years ago

Workers taking more days off due to flu & Covid; Burnout issues remain

NL Times

Employees are taking more days off from work in the last quarter of the year because they have been sidelined by the flu or Covid-19. Psychological issues are also playing a role in absenteeism as people are facing more pressure at work, according to health and safety services ArboNed and HumanCapitalCare. Due to the tight labor market making hiring difficult, …

Absenteeism Remain Employees

2 years ago

Illness absenteeism at highest point in 20 years

NL Times

Employee absenteeism will top 5 percent this year, mainly due to work-related mental health complaints. “Now, 20 years later, we call on employers to once again pay more attention to the employee to prevent absenteeism and thus reduce the impending burnout wave.” About half of the employers already indicate that employees are absent for a long time due to mental …

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2 years, 2 months ago

More workers calling out sick as flu, coronavirus spread

NL Times

Absenteeism due to illness is on the rise again, mainly due to workers getting the flu or coronavirus. Though the number of sick reports due to mental health complaints is also on the rise, NOS reports based on figures from occupational health and safety services Arboned and HumanCapitalCare. “We see that psychological absenteeism has actually been increasing gradually for a …

Nos Sick Reports Spread Absenteeism

2 years, 2 months ago

Healthcare workers' health deteriorated 20% last year

NL Times

Healthcare workers’ health deteriorated sharply last year, scoring nearly 20 percent lower than in 2020, according to ABN Amro’s annual Welfare Monitor. The total well-being score of healthcare workers fell by 6 percent last year, according to the monitor. This, in turn, leads to more absenteeism due to illness, high turnover, and vacancies that are difficult to fill,” ABN Amro …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Sharp increase in people calling in sick with mental health problems

NL Times

Illness absenteeism is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. But the share of people calling in sick due to mental health problems - psychological absenteeism - has risen sharply, NU.nl reports based on figures from health and safety service providers HumanCare Capital and ArboNed. “The share of absenteeism for mental health reasons is increasing further in the total number of sick …

Absenteeism

2 years, 5 months ago

Company doctors urge businesses to prepare for fall Covid-19 wave

NL Times

There is a “real” chance of another peak in coronavirus infections in the fall, and it is therefore essential that companies make preparations to guarantee the continuity of work. According to Jurriaan Penders, company doctor and director of medical affairs at HumanCapitalCare, the increase in absenteeism is almost entirely due to the coronavirus peak in June. But Penders stressed that …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Sick leave, work stress cost the economy over €18 billion last year

NL Times

Sick leave dented the Dutch economy by more than 18 billion euros last year, according to insurance firm Nationale-Nederlanden. Coronavirus was among several causes of the increase, which also included longer periods of absenteeism, the insurer detailed in a report on developments in the field of absenteeism and work incapacity. The study found that the absenteeism rate also rose along …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Covid absenteeism disrupts care at St Jansdal hospital

NL Times

The St Jansdal Hospital is dealing with such high absenteeism that it had to cancel about 30 percent of all surgeries and many outpatient appointments. An "extremely high" number of employees is currently in isolation due to a Covid-19 infection or quarantine because of the coronavirus rules, the hospital said. Thirty percent of the surgery program in Hardewijk is at …

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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

LAUSD math, English test scores show strong gains, but most students still not proficient

Endorsement: Karla Griego for Los Angeles Unified School Board District 5

Absenteeism due to flu reaches peak levels in January

'Targeting dissent'? Delhi University teacher absenteeism probe sparks backlash

Absenteeism due to illness down for the first time in nine years

Arbo Unie says that psychological absenteeism is costing society 1 billion annually

Almost 400,000 penalties issued in England for children missing school last year

US grapples with attendance crisis as millions of kids miss weeks of school

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

Why are more students chronically absent in California, U.S.? Study examines troubling trend

Book Review: ‘A Matter of the Heart: Education in India’ by Anurag Behar remembers the forgotten teacher

Absenteeism will remain high due to staff shortages, experts warn

Absenteeism approaching record heights as it continues to rise

Flu epidemic hitting hospitals extra hard due to high absenteeism

Sharp increase in small business absenteeism, sick leave in 2022

Workers taking more days off due to flu & Covid; Burnout issues remain

Illness absenteeism at highest point in 20 years

More workers calling out sick as flu, coronavirus spread

Healthcare workers' health deteriorated 20% last year

Sharp increase in people calling in sick with mental health problems

Company doctors urge businesses to prepare for fall Covid-19 wave

Sick leave, work stress cost the economy over €18 billion last year

Covid absenteeism disrupts care at St Jansdal hospital