Five schools in Harlem have started using technology to attempt to reduce absences and late arrivals among the student body. The five schools, which include Public School 149, P.S. 165, M.S. 63, and P.S. 89, are part of a pilot program that will be expanded citywide over the next two years. One teacher who has begun using the app told The New York Times that she has already seen an improvement in student attendance, and even noticed participation from students who she had previously never even seen in class before.
Five schools in Harlem have started using technology to attempt to reduce absences and late arrivals among the student body. The schools are using an app, called Kinvolved, which allows teachers to take attendance with the “swipe of a finger,” and immediately sends alerts to children’s parents when they are either absent from or late to a class. One teacher who has begun using the app told The New York Times that she has already seen an improvement in student attendance, and even noticed participation from students who she had previously never even seen in class before.