One In Four Michigan School District Teachers Chronically Absent [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

One In Four Michigan School District Teachers Chronically Absent [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"A new report released by the Thomas Fordham Institute found that school teachers in Michigan’s conventional school districts are almost twice as likely to miss 11 or more days of school than teachers in public charter schools.
In Michigan, 24.7 percent of school district teachers miss 11 days or more – which the federal Office for Civil Rights defines as “chronically absent” – while 12.4 percent of charter school teachers miss that many.
Nationwide, the report says, 28.3 percent of public school teachers and 10.3 percent of charter school teachers are chronically absent.
The report suggests that a significant factor in the difference between the groups is whether the teacher has a union collective bargaining agreement..."