Partners for Rural Impact

Lifting Up Attendance in Rural Districts: A Multi-Site Trial of a Personalized Messaging Campaign

Elise Swanson, Sativa Thompson, Jennifer Ash, Hayley Didriksen, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger, Lisa Sanbonmatsu. May 2025

Topics: Families and Communities

Tags: Absenteeism, Rural education

Student absenteeism has remained high following the COVID-19 pandemic and districts need low-cost strategies to improve attendance. In 2020-21, the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks piloted a promising personalized messaging intervention in 8 rural districts in New York and… more →
Download 05/2025

Institutions: Harvard University, Partners for Rural Impact, Portland Public Schools, Dartmouth College