Resources
2019 Summer Learning Toolkit
Our 2019 Summer Learning Toolkit is a great resource for summer program providers! Our easy to use tools can help program staff understand the importance of summer learning, so that they can communicate effectively with parents.
Governor’s Budget Overview for the 2019-21 Biennium
An overview of birth-through-eight provisions in Governor Cooper's 2019-21 budget proposal.
A Guide to Support Summer Learning Through Book Giving
The guide focuses on nine research-supported best practices in book giving. Book Harvest’s signature initiative, Books on Break, highlights these best practices in action.
Interactive Chronic Absence Map
Find out the chronic absence rate at your child's school, compare rates across NC school districts, or see how NC stacks up against other states, with this interactive chronic absence map from The Hamilton Project.
Webinar Recording – AttendaNCe Counts: What North Carolina Schools Districts are Doing to Reduce Chronic Absence
September is Attendance Awareness Month. In this webinar on September 12, we shared the results of chronic absence self-assessment surveys completed by school districts across North Carolina. The presentation explores the aggregated results of the survey and shares bright spots from around the state that offer actionable steps districts can learn from to improve regular school attendance.
Webinar Presentation – AttendaNCe Counts: What North Carolina Schools Districts are Doing to Reduce Chronic Absence
September is Attendance Awareness Month. In this webinar on September 12, we shared the results of chronic absence self-assessment surveys completed by school districts across North Carolina. The presentation explores the aggregated results of the survey and shares bright spots from around the state that offer actionable steps districts can learn from to improve regular school attendance.
AttendaNCe Counts: What North Carolina School Districts are Doing to Reduce Chronic Absence
AttendaNCe Counts: What North Carolina School Districts are Doing to Reduce Chronic Absence provides results of a self-assessment that asked school districts to share which of their attendance policies and practices are strong, and where there are opportunities for improvement. The assessment responses are the self-reported impressions of school district superintendent office staff. Fifty-five out of 115 school districts responded.
What is Chronic Absence (Video)
AttendaNCe Awareness Month Proclamation by NC Governor Roy Cooper
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed September 2018 to be Attendance Awareness Month.
In the proclamation, Governor Cooper reminds us that regular school attendance is essential for grade-level reading, academic achievement, and graduation, by giving young students the reading skills they need to achieve, decreasing the likelihood of being retained, and supporting the development of social-emotional skills needed to persist in school.
2018 Chronic Absence Toolkit
NCECF's new 2018 toolkit to support community partners in highlighting the importance of regular attendance in the early grades.