Almost 1 in 4 Illinois teachers miss 10-plus days of school year

Illinois for years has tracked how often students skip school, but data made public last week show how often their teachers miss school — and the numbers are revealing.

Across the state, 23.5 percent of public school teachers are absent more than 10 days in the school year. That's almost 1 in 4 teachers statewide who aren't in the classroom, according to data made public by the state for the first time in the annual Illinois Report Card, a compilation of data that paints a broad picture of schools.

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