From Absences to Impact: How Early Alerts Safeguard District Funding
Strong attendance is both an academic and financial safeguard.
In this on-demand session, Dr. Kara Stern and Michelle Fry share how early warning insights and proactive outreach can reduce chronic absenteeism, strengthen student success, and safeguard district budgets.
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From Absences to Impact: How Early Alerts Safeguard District Funding
By acting early, districts can prevent absenteeism trends before they disrupt learning or finances. Whether your funding is tied to ADA or not, this session shows why early attendance interventions are both a financial safeguard and an academic imperative.
During this free on-demand webinar, you’ll learn how to:
- Use predictive insights to spot students at risk before chronic absenteeism takes hold
- Provide proactive, scalable outreach that builds stronger family connections
- Stabilize ADA-driven funding and plan more effectively for staffing and support
Plus, get free, ready-to-use tools to launch proactive attendance interventions right away!
Meet the Speakers
Dr. Stern began her career as a high school English teacher, later becoming a middle school principal, Executive Director of Math for America, a Head of School, and now education content strategist. A writer and contributor to many publications, Dr. Stern is an education thought leader, creating K-12 resources for teachers and principals. She earned a Ph.D. in Teaching & Learning from NYU.
Dr. Michelle Gough Fry, J.D., Ph.D., LL.M., combines her expertise as an attorney, civil rights advocate, and educational policy scholar as the VP of Business Operations and Head of Legal at SchoolStatus. Dr. Fry’s career includes leadership roles as Agency Head at South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Director of Test Security at ACT, Head of Legal at Ellevation Education, and Chief Legal and Assessment Officer at Project Lead the Way. She previously served as General Counsel for the Indiana Charter School Board, State Board of Education, and Department of Education. Her award-winning research on education policy has been cited in prestigious journals, including Harvard and New York University, and she frequently speaks at national conferences on education policy, data privacy, and ethics.