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Costrell, Robert; Maloney, Larry – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
Teachers and other employees of the School District of Philadelphia receive their retirement benefits from the Pennsylvania state retirement plan for schools, which includes both a defined-benefit pension plan and a modest retiree health benefit. The cost of the former is expected to rise quite substantially and, as this technical analysis will…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Public Schools, School Districts, Urban Schools
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Dewey, Jim; Sindelar, Paul T.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Boe, Erling E.; Rosenberg, Michael S.; Leko, Chris – Exceptional Children, 2017
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine factors that contributed to this decline.…
Descriptors: Teacher Employment, Special Education Teachers, Incidence, Teacher Student Ratio