<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1J36Gr_0vm1vSPL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1J36Gr_0vm1vSPL00" width="756" height="425" ></figure>Home visits, school visits and mentoring are paying off for Baltimore City Students, according to David Heiber, founder of Concentric Educational Services.The firm was contracted by Baltimore City Public Schools to fight chronic absenteeism, with as many as 10,000-plus participating in the 2023-24 school year.Heiber tells the city council’s education, workforce and youth committee that the key is getting in the door, and getting in the door the next time.“They can curse you out one day, and they come back the next day, curse you out; come back the third day; and you keep loving them, and they keep coming back,” Heiber said.Heiber says that of those who do let an advocate enter their lives, 96% continue to participate in the intervention.</div></body>

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Firm says its seeing results in Baltimore City schools absenteeism

Home visits, school visits and mentoring are paying off for Baltimore City Students, according to David Heiber, founder of Concentric Educational Services. The firm was contracted by Baltimore City Public Schools to fight chronic absenteeism, with as many as 10,000-plus participating in the 2023-24 school year. Heiber tells the city...