Mimi Engel will shed light on truancy and absenteeism in elementary school among students from historically underserved groups in Chicago. She bases her findings on the results of a large-scale randomized evaluation of a program called Check & Connect, as well as interviews with program monitors, participating children and their families.

This lecture is part of the Interdisciplinary Training Seminar in Education Sciences Series, co-sponsored by CRECE (Center for Research on Early Childhood Education) and sponsored by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and the Institute of Education Sciences.