Hawaii Teacher Absenteeism: How Did Your School Do?

by Andrew Walden

At its February 5, 2013 meeting the Hawaii Board of Education Human Resources Committee released a statewide school by school printout documenting teacher absenteeism rates for every school in the state.

How did your school do? Find out by clicking here >>>  Teacher Absenteeism 2011-12 printout  

The Center for American Progress explains:

“Hawaii’s distribution (of teacher absenteeism) is somewhat bi-modal. One cluster of schools has very low rates; the rest have values concentrated at the high end of the range.  It would be reasonable to hypothesize that absence cultures in Hawaii’s schools exert a strong influence on individual teachers’ behavior. In some schools this means it’s rare for any teacher to be absent more than 10 days; in others, the majority of teachers miss school frequently.” 

PDF:  Teacher Absenteeism 2011-12 printout