First Person
Lamenting Earl — and other chronically absent students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21369950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amber M Northern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 54-55 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phi Delta Kappan (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-7217 • E-ISSN: 1940-6487 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00317217221136600 |
| OpenAlex | W4307282818 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
When Amber Northern was a beginning teacher 30 years ago, one of her students, Earl, was in 9th-grade English for the third time. He only came to class once or twice a week and intended to quit school, with his father’s permission, once he turned 17. Northern delves into the research on chronic absenteeism and considers which, if any, evidence-based interventions might have been helpful for Earl. She finds that three strategies of the five she considered passed the test
Absenteeism · Class (philosophy) · Criminology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Psychological intervention · Test (biology) · Truancy · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
| Highly cited | No |
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