Elementary School Absenteeism and Truancy: Perceptions and Responses of Chicago Principals Under School Reform
Jordak, William Louis
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Description
Title
Elementary School Absenteeism and Truancy: Perceptions and Responses of Chicago Principals Under School Reform
Author(s)
Jordak, William Louis
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Paul Thurston
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Administration
Language
eng
Abstract
The major findings which emerged from a combined analysis of interview and survey data indicated that local schools had not fully understood, internalized, nor accepted their site-based responsibilities regarding attendance and truancy issues. Major findings included: (1) Principals tended to perceive truancy and absenteeism to be more serious throughout the system than in their own schools. (2) Principals did not uniformly see themselves as having the primary responsibility for attendance and truancy matters in their schools. (3) There was an incongruity of response in terms of strategic interventions chosen to address the problems of truancy and absenteeism perceived by the principals. (4) Principals frequently indicated a need for increased central administrative involvement and support but overlooked the role of the local school itself in attendance improvement. (5) A strong orientation toward punitive resolution of truancy issues was apparent in the comments of the principals. (6) Schools with low attendance were found to utilize practices of communication and support in responding to truancy problems less frequently than were schools with average and high attendance.
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