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 UNLV'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 UNLV, 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., UNLV
  • B.A., Boston College

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Megan Rauch Griffard In The News

WATCH: Five years ago this week, COVID changed life in Nevada
K.N.P.R. News
It was March 12, 2020, when Governor Steve Sisolak announced a state of emergency in Nevada in response to the growing infections and deaths from COVID-19. Five days later, he announced a statewide business shutdown. And something no one ever thought would happen happened: The Las Vegas Strip shut down for 78 days.
Nevada students are half a year behind in learning. There’s more than COVID to blame.
The Nevada Independent
Nearly five years after COVID-19 forced schools to shutter, a recent analysis of standardized test scores shows that students nationwide and in Nevada remain half a year behind in reading and math — and the causes stretch well beyond the pandemic itself.
Nevada Homeschool Convention returns to Las Vegas in April
K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now
A Las Vegas mom and other parents are working on bringing families interested in homeschooling their kids all under one roof. For the first time in years, the Nevada Homeschool Convention is coming to town.
State moves to seize assets of Las Vegas charter school, claims it failed to pay back over $800K in taxpayer money
Yahoo!
A state agency said that a charter school in Las Vegas broke several laws when it failed to pay back more than $800,000 in taxpayer funds. Earlier this month, the State Public Charter School Authority affirmed its decision during an administrative hearing to shut down Eagle Charter School.
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