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Kraft, Matthew A.; Conklin, Megan; Falken, Grace T. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
We examine the labor supply decisions of substitute teachers -- a large, on-demand market with broad shortages and inequitable supply. In 2018, Chicago Public Schools implemented a targeted bonus program designed to reduce unfilled teacher absences in largely segregated Black schools with historically low substitute coverage rates. Using a…
Descriptors: Substitute Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand, Incentives
Speas, Carol M. – Wake County Public School System, 2010
In 2007-08, the WCPSS teacher absence rate was 10.3 days, slightly higher than a national rate of 9.5 days in 2004-05 but lower than the 11.3 to 14.6 days reported in large school districts more recently. In comparison with other studies, WCPSS teachers averaged smaller proportions of personal and sick leave days, slightly more annual leave days,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Public School Teachers, Incidence, Academic Achievement