Megan Rauch Griffard

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Assistant Professor, College of Education

Expertise: Teacher retention, vacancies, and turnover, School funding, Crises, natural disasters, pandemics, and other disruptions to schooling

Biography

Megan Rauch Griffard is an assistant professor with ��ӽ紫ý's Educational Policy and Leadership program. Her primary research areas address: (1) teacher retention, vacancies, and turnover; (2) K-12 school finance, and (3) crises, natural disaster, pandemics, and other disruptions to schooling.

Griffard began her career in education in Nevada as a high school teacher in Clark County School District. At ��ӽ紫ý, she teaches courses that prepare aspiring school leaders to manage human and fiscal resources in schools.

She has shared her research in more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and policy papers, 15 national conference presentations, and 13 presentations to local organizations and other stakeholders in education policy. In 2023, Griffard received the Dissertation of the Year award from the American Educational Research Association's Leadership for School Improvement group.

Education

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Northwestern University
M.Ed., ��ӽ紫ý
B.A., Boston College

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The three most prominent candidates vary widely in what they think the funding goal should be, not to mention their plans for getting there.

By 2031, every Clark County School District student will be graduating with skills and experiences to set them up for success in their careers.

The Clark County School District’s plunging enrollment is a trend with no end in sight. Projections show that school funding could drop by nearly a quarter-billion dollars by 2030 as fewer students enroll to fill district classrooms.

For decades, the Clark County School District was one of the fastest growing school systems in the nation, buoyed by a booming gaming and tourism industry and low housing costs. Just seven years ago, when enrollment peaked, the district boasted 335,333 students in its classrooms. Then came the decline.