Post by Logan on Jun 30, 2016 20:33:34 GMT -6
…Based on the Education Week analysis, Hawaii had the highest absentee rate, at 75 percent of teachers taking more than 10 days off, while in Utah, the lowest, only 16 percent do so. In Nevada, which is coping with deepening teacher shortages, nearly half of all teachers miss more than 10 days of school a year….
HNN: …"It doesn't seem like it's just a few scofflaw teachers in one or two schools. It seems like something that's pretty systemic," said Sarah Sparks, reporter for Education Week.
"You had…80 schools where 9 out of 10 teachers are absent ten days or more."
Sparks said Hawaii's teacher contract provides for a relatively high number of sick days.
Teachers here are given 18 days a school year for sick leave and may convert up to 6 of those for personal or professional leave.
Read more: www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/17764/Study-Hawaii-is-Number-One-in-Teacher-Absenteeism.aspx
HNN: …"It doesn't seem like it's just a few scofflaw teachers in one or two schools. It seems like something that's pretty systemic," said Sarah Sparks, reporter for Education Week.
"You had…80 schools where 9 out of 10 teachers are absent ten days or more."
Sparks said Hawaii's teacher contract provides for a relatively high number of sick days.
Teachers here are given 18 days a school year for sick leave and may convert up to 6 of those for personal or professional leave.
Read more: www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/17764/Study-Hawaii-is-Number-One-in-Teacher-Absenteeism.aspx