Kiarah Young
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Kiarah Young
Former Student Researcher, Sacramento Charter High School,
Sacramento City Unified School District
Kiarah Young is a former student researcher with Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). She previously worked as a marketing assistant at Wesleyan University’s resource center and as a digital specialist at the Fries Center for Global Studies. She was also a student leader in Sacramento City Unified School District’s “Be Here, Every Day Counts” campaign to reduce chronic absenteeism. Young graduated from Sacramento Charter High School and earned her BA in African American/Black studies from Wesleyan University.
updated 2025
Publications by Kiarah Young
California has added student attendance to its accountability system to emphasize its importance, but chronic absenteeism's causes are not well-understood. Schools face the expectation to address absenteeism, but myths about attendance persist. The…