Over three decades, Attendance USA CEO Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty turned an old problem into a new science: the science of showing up.
Attendance USA Launches University Partnerships; New Book Now Available on Amazon
As of September 1, universities can partner with Attendance USA to offer a Certificate in Attendance Science™. Dr. Gentle-Genitty’s new book is now available on Amazon.
Now Available: Attendance USA Launches MTSS Tier 3 Training and Certification
Attendance USA’s new MTSS Tier 3 training and certification prepares professionals to lead intensive, individualized support for students with the greatest attendance needs.
CEO Gentle-Genitty to Present at the 114th IATDP Annual Conference in Corpus Christi
Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty and Attendance USA present at the luncheon and a morning session of the 114th IATDP Annual Conference, October 18-21, 2026.
CEO Gentle-Genitty Speaks on The Hunt Institute Webinar “Beyond Attendance” Today
Today, September 30, Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty joins The Hunt Institute webinar “Beyond Attendance: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism and Student Persistence.”
Attendance USA Joins the 2026 INSA Conference in Alicante, Spain
Attendance USA and CEO Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty join researchers and practitioners from around the world at the 2026 International Network for School Attendance conference, September 30 to October 2.
CEO Gentle-Genitty Links Student Participation to Labor Force Participation at Central Bank of Belize Panel
At the Central Bank of Belize’s “Safe and Secure: The Peg at 50” commemoration, Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty joined a national panel on how student participation shapes a nation’s labor force.
75 Professionals Earn the First National Attendance Certification at the 2026 Indiana Attendance Science Institute
Attendance USA certified its first national cohort of Certified Attendance Professionals™ at the 2026 Indiana Attendance Science Institute, September 17-18 in Indianapolis.
Showing Up Matters: LSU SREC and Attendance USA™ Work to Improve School Attendance
https://www.lsu.edu/chse/news/2026/srec-ausa.php
ATTENDANCE USA Research & Practitioner Briefing
FOCUS REGION National (USA) REPORTING PERIOD Week of Feb. 9, 2026 DATA SOURCES 4 Sources Reviewed KEY THEME Data Consistency Crisis EDITOR’S OVERVIEW The question of whether students show up to school is deceptively simple — but as this week’s featured research makes plain, how we count, define, and report those absences varies so widely […]