--- title: "A reason to show up: What early literacy intervention reveals about chronic absenteeism" description: "A national panel on the growing evidence that one-to-one early literacy intervention may be doing something no attendance program has managed: Making kids want to show up" image: https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Webinar_June%2017@2x-8.png --- [![ignite-logo](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/ignite-logo.svg "ignite-logo")](http://ignite-reading.com) [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://info.ignite-reading.com/attendance-impact-early-literacy-intervention%20&body=Check%20out%20https://info.ignite-reading.com/attendance-impact-early-literacy-intervention&media=https://23384537.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23384537/Webinar_June%2017@2x-8.png](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://info.ignite-reading.com/attendance-impact-early-literacy-intervention%20&body=Check%20out%20https://info.ignite-reading.com/attendance-impact-early-literacy-intervention&media=https://23384537.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23384537/Webinar_June%2017@2x-8.png) Live Webinar # A Reason to Show Up: What early literacy intervention reveals about chronic absenteeism ## Sep. 30, 2026 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT The nudge letters and campaigns moved the easy days. The students still missing school need a reason to walk in the door.  Watch this panel about a lever we know can boost attendance: when a child learns to read on time, school stops being the place they feel behind and becomes a place they want to be. ![Two children smiling while holding a large book open in front of their face, surrounded by a purple background and illustrated circle graphics](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Demand%20Gen%20Files%20%5BMKTG%5D/Demand%20Gen%20Images%20%5BMKTG%5D/Landing%20Page%20Images%20%5BMKTG%5D/Illustrated%20Images%20for%20Landing%20Pages%20%5BMKTG%5D/Square%20image%2016@2x-8.png?width=600&name=Square%20image%2016@2x-8.png) ### Attendance is rarely *just* an attendance problem. - Why students kept 85% session attendance across a full 36-week year in the Johns Hopkins evaluation, and what it means that a reading intervention turned out to give kids a reason to show up - How one district cut chronic absenteeism at a single school from 26% to 13% in one year, and why the leader who did it says it wasn't a one-off - What two district leaders have been observing in real time, including the moment an assistant superintendent heard a student explain why missing school was no longer an option - How the decisions you make in elementary intervention show up years later in high school attendance and graduation data - A clear way to measure the attendance effect in your own early literacy programs, so you can test this in your district instead of taking it on faith ![A young child smiling while holding a large book open in front of their face, surrounded by a pink background and illustrated circle graphics](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Demand%20Gen%20Files%20%5BMKTG%5D/Demand%20Gen%20Images%20%5BMKTG%5D/Landing%20Page%20Images%20%5BMKTG%5D/Illustrated%20Images%20for%20Landing%20Pages%20%5BMKTG%5D/Square%20image%2012@2x-8.png "A young child smiling while holding a large book open in front of their face, surrounded by a pink background and illustrated circle graphics") ### Register now ## Meet the people leading the conversation ![Jose Escribano](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Jose%20Escribano.jpg) Jose Escribano Assistant Superintendent and Chief of Family and Community Engagement, Springfield Public Schools ![Hedy Chang headshot](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(19).jpg) Hedy Chang CEO and President, Attendance Works ![Michelle Graham-1](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Michelle%20Graham-1.jpg) Michelle Graham Director of Teaching, Learning and Intervention, San Bruno Park School ![Jose Escribano\_scaled](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/Jose%20Escribano_scaled.jpg) Kids are like, I need to be in school. I can't miss school because I need to meet with my tutor. — Jose Escribano, Assistant Superintendent and Chief of Family and Community Engagement for Springfield Public Schools [![White Logo\_Hubspot Landing Page](https://info.ignite-reading.com/hubfs/White%20Logo_Hubspot%20Landing%20Page.svg "White Logo_Hubspot Landing Page")](http://ignite-reading.com)  Copyright © 2026 Ignite Reading.