BRIBING CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL During the Vergara trial in California, it was revealed that just 2.2 of the state’s 300,000 teachers (0.0008%) were dismissed for unprofessional conduct or unsatisfactory performance in any given year. This compares to 8% of employees in the private sector being dismissed annually for cause. Applying the 8% number to teachers, about 24,000 bottom-performing teachers per year should be let go.
Due to high rates of absenteeism, one district in California is paying students to go to school.
High rates of chronic absenteeism—defined as missing at least one out of every ten school days—have become a national issue.