Hey, teachers, now show up!

State vows to clamp down

The state Education Department is cracking down on absentee teachers, officials said Monday.

Starting in the fall, all school districts will be required to provide extensive data on poor teacher attendance, which studies show has a greater impact on minority schools.

“Teacher absences, instructional practice and student learning are inextricably linked . . . Teacher absences have a significant impact on teaching and learning in classrooms,” the department’s report said. “Educational productivity suffers when a regular teacher misses a single day of work.’’

Studies have shown that substitute teachers are often not up to par.

Officials said the goal of the tighter tracking policy is to prod school districts to provide all students “equitable access to effective educators.”

The Post in February reported that 16 percent of city publicschool teachers were absent 11 or more days last year, a 10 percent jump from 2013.

The data were cited in the state report as evidence that teacher absenteeism is a problem in the Big Apple.

Sixteen other states, including Connecticut, already closely track teacher attendance.

Officials said they currently receive or review attendance data for some, but not all, public schools.

A national study found the absenteeism rate for teachers in heavily minority schools was more than 3 percentage points higher than in mostly white schools.