NEW: We conducted a survey of all school leaders in Michigan in 2024-25 about their attendance strategies. Our report offers the most comprehensive evidence thus far of what schools are actively doing to reduce chronic absenteeism. 🧵 https://t.co/IvsnkaBJQs

Superintendent Nikolai Vitti is asking the state to change a law he says punishes districts for the systemic issues that cause chronic absenteeism.

I've updated my study on remote learning in 2020-21 and post-COVID attendance in MI. More remote learning led to lower attendance post-pandemic, though not a linear relationship. Also, overall, it explains a small amount of post-COVID attendance decline.

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This updated draft is available on the @AnnenbergInst working paper repository! https://t.co/wCfs8YqEUY

Though the negative effects are significant and persistent, the overall impact on MI's post-pandemic attendance is modest, mainly because few students were in districts with remote-only instruction for more than 3 months.

I also noted some heterogeneity by race and economic status, with disparate impacts in 2021-22 that fade and become insignificant by 2022-23 onwards.

My findings (2) suggest "threshold" rather than linear effects. Compared to never in remote, students w/ remote for 1-3 months had no significant difference; 4-6 months had moderate negative effects, but not major diffs w/ each other. 7+ months had larger negative effects.

We can see that students who spent more time in remote learning had larger declines in post-COVID attendance. My updated analysis uses diff-in-diff dosage design as the main approach to estimate the negative effects. (I separately use IV to corroborate diff-in-diff findings.)

I've updated my study on remote learning in 2020-21 and post-COVID attendance in MI. More remote learning led to lower attendance post-pandemic, though not a linear relationship. Also, overall, it explains a small amount of post-COVID attendance decline.

Map: Gentrification Status of Detroit Census Tracts 2013 – 2022 https://t.co/PxIwyOpL4j via @jeremylsinger

Detroit mayor-elect Sheffield is hiring an education liaison! “The Education Liaison advises the Mayor on all issues related to K–12 education, early childhood, youth development, and school-community partnerships.” https://t.co/zjr0REVqYC

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Gentrification in motion: How Detroit’s transformation shapes middle-class parents’ school choices. https://t.co/a1gQTBHoWr @tandfhss @UAAnews

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Now published in @JUAurban -- we study how development and gentrification shape the dynamics of school choice for of middle-class families in Detroit. https://t.co/Vwjcy1PPwX

Come learn about where to find and how to use Detroit education data—from early childhood to K-12 to higher ed!

Event: @DetroitData Forum: Education

“I have friends who have told me they are afraid to go to school. You shouldn’t be afraid to come to school,” said Western International High student Valerie Brown.

“We need all Detroiters to stand up against these kidnappings,” Lindsey Matson, deputy director of youth organizing at 482Forward, said of the detention of two Detroit teens by ICE.

The pilot began at two high schools in an attempt to boost attendance. An average of 15 students are riding each of the eight buses per day.

Sean Rositano is running for University of Michigan Regent! Sean is an alumnus and close friend of mine, and I think he will be great for the role! https://t.co/59qERtSCOU