Report: Nev. struggles with teacher absenteeism
By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun
Nevada’s long-running battle against student truancy is well known, but should we also be concerned about teachers missing class?
According to research by the Education Week Research Center, Nevada has one of the highest rates of teacher absences in the country.
As much as 49 percent of teachers in the Silver State miss 10 or more days during the school year, the second highest number of absences of any state. Hawaii comes in first, with 75 percent of its teachers taking 10 or more days off. The national average is around 25 percent.
