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The International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention surprised Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty with its 2026 Person of the Year award at the 114th Annual Conference in Corpus Christi, honoring three decades of work and the creation of Attendance Science.
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.
Attendance USA’s new MTSS Tier 3 training and certification prepares professionals to lead intensive, individualized support for students with the greatest attendance needs.
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.
Today, September 30, Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty joins The Hunt Institute webinar “Beyond Attendance: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism and Student Persistence.”
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.
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.
Attendance USA certified its first national cohort of Certified Attendance Professionals™ at the 2026 Indiana Attendance Science Institute, September 17-18 in Indianapolis.
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 […]
Baton Rouge, LA — June 5 – 7, 2026 — Attendance USA is proud to announce the inauguralAttendance USA Research to Practice Summit, to be held June 5 – 7, 2026, at LouisianaState University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The summit will convene national leaderscommitted to improving student attendance, engagement, and well-being throughevidence-based practice. This year’s […]