父母不缺席，孩子不缺勤

We are missing out on the full potential of almost seven million students because they are absent.

[2] Education is the key to unlock our children’s futures. But in order to reap the benefits of experiences in the classroom, we need to help students get there. When young people miss school,they miss fundamental building blocks.

[3] Student absence depends on a vast array of1a vast array of 大量的。unique school and home environments. It may be a chronic health condition like asthma that has not been addressed. It may be a lack of resources to safely travel to school.Sometimes students are embarrassed to show up because they do not have clean clothes. They may be bullied by classmates. Or they may have enormous responsibilities that they cannot control, like taking care of a sick parent or watching younger siblings when their

近700萬學(xué)生缺勤，正在錯失發(fā)展其全部潛能的機(jī)會。

[2]教育是開啟孩子未來的鑰匙。為了使孩子從課堂教育中受益，我們需要幫助他們出現(xiàn)在課堂上。學(xué)生缺勤，便學(xué)不到基礎(chǔ)知識。

[3]學(xué)生缺勤的原因與各種各樣特殊的學(xué)校和家庭環(huán)境有關(guān)。他們可能是長期患有慢性病，比如哮喘，尚未得到治療；可能是交通不便無法安全到達(dá)學(xué)校。有時學(xué)生不好意思去學(xué)校是因為沒有干凈的衣服。還可能是因為被其他同學(xué)欺負(fù)；又或者，他們肩負(fù)著太多自己無法控制的責(zé)任，比如：照顧生病的父母或在父母工作時照看年幼的弟妹等?，F(xiàn)代工作節(jié)奏很多時候要求父母一早parents are at work. Many modern work schedules require parents to get up early or stay at work late, leaving some without anyone to see them off2see somebody off 送行，為某人送別。to school or check in with them on their way home.

[4] For these reasons and many others, 6.8 million students do not attend school regularly and miss 10 percent or more of the school year—making them “chronically absent”—according to Attendance Works3出勤研究室，成立于2006年，致力于減少長期性缺勤的非營利性組織。, which promotes school attendance.

[5] To improve resources and support for young people who are chronically absent, schools need tools to coordinate with parents, teachers, and community members. Local educational agencies should implement evidence-based programs which link students with schoolbased mentors and caring adults from their community. It would allow school districts to improve their attendance tracking systems so that they can share data at the individual level with students, families, teachers, and principals and initiate immediate interventions.Simple techniques such as alerting parents about their child’s missed assignments have been shown to increase attendance by 17 percent.

[6] In this era of big data, asking our educational partners to track attendance more effectively will lead to greater re-去上班，或者工作到深夜，沒有時間送孩子上學(xué)，沒有時間在放學(xué)路上問問他們在學(xué)校的情況。

[4]出勤研究室致力于改善學(xué)校出勤率，據(jù)該研究室統(tǒng)計， 680萬學(xué)生正由于這樣或那樣的原因經(jīng)常缺勤，學(xué)年缺勤率不低于10%，已經(jīng)成為“長期性缺勤”。

[5]為了向長期性缺勤的年輕人提供資源和幫助，學(xué)校需要工具來與家長、老師和社區(qū)成員協(xié)調(diào)。當(dāng)?shù)亟逃龣C(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)該采用證據(jù)導(dǎo)向型程序?qū)W(xué)生與學(xué)校指導(dǎo)老師和社區(qū)里的愛心人士連接起來。這可以為各學(xué)區(qū)改進(jìn)出勤跟蹤系統(tǒng)，從而使學(xué)區(qū)可以在個體層面與學(xué)生、家庭、老師和校長共享數(shù)據(jù)并實(shí)時干預(yù)。簡單的方法——例如提醒父母其子女有功課未完成——已經(jīng)被證實(shí)能夠提升17%的出勤率。

[6]在這個大數(shù)據(jù)時代，讓我們的教育合作伙伴更有效地跟蹤出勤情況能夠引發(fā)更大sponses—and will provide an opportunity for district leadership, policymakers, and community partners to impact signi fi cant change for our nation’s students.

[7] Relationships matter to all of us,but for a young person, relationships can be the key to success. Mentors help students build the social-emotional skills today’s employers demand. By also developing these skills in the classroom we set students up for4set up for為……做準(zhǔn)備。success in the workplace. Research shows that students who regularly meet with their mentors are 52 percent less likely than their peers to skip school.

[8] We are missing out on the full potential of almost seven million students because they are absent. In order for them to show up at school, we need to show up for them. With individual actions, we can create collective change.One thing we can all agree upon? We cannot leave critical connections for young people to chance55 leave something to chance 聽天由命。. ■的回應(yīng)，將為學(xué)區(qū)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、政策制定者和社區(qū)合作伙伴提供契機(jī)，做出影響我國學(xué)生的重大改變。

[7]關(guān)系影響著我們每一個人，特別是對于年輕人來說，關(guān)系是走向成功的關(guān)鍵。指導(dǎo)老師幫助學(xué)生培養(yǎng)現(xiàn)代雇主所要求的社會情感技能，通過在教室里開發(fā)這些技能，幫助學(xué)生為在職場上取得成功做好準(zhǔn)備。調(diào)查顯示，經(jīng)常與導(dǎo)師見面的學(xué)生缺勤的概率比同伴低52%。

[8]我們正在錯失近700萬缺勤學(xué)生的全部潛能。為了讓他們出現(xiàn)在學(xué)校，我們需要采取行動。通過個體的行動，創(chuàng)造集體的改變。有一點(diǎn)我們一定都贊同，那就是：對年輕人成長至關(guān)重要的人際溝通必須加以引導(dǎo)。 □