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Laura Szabo-Kubitz – Institute for College Access & Success, 2024
Five years after our 2019 analysis of student borrowing rates across the University of California (UC) system, TICAS partnered with the University of California Student Association (UCSA) again to evaluate the state of affordability and student debt for undergraduates at the UC, and their implications for student success. While our analysis finds…
Descriptors: College Students, Debt (Financial), Student Costs, Bachelors Degrees
Roza, Marguerite; Jonovski, Jessica – Edunomics Lab, 2014
Teacher salary decisions are often made with little connection to the pension obligations they entail. In this paper, authors Marguerite Roza and Jessica Jonovski model the impacts of late-term raises on teacher pension obligations showing that on average each dollar raise triggers $10 to $16 in new taxpayer obligations. The authors provide…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Retirement Benefits, Taxes
Ondrasek, Naomi; Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Scott, Caitlin; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
California is in the midst of a severe special education teacher shortage that threatens the state's ability to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, who often have the greatest needs but receive the least expert teachers. To help policymakers address the shortage, the Learning Policy Institute conducted an analysis of the special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Persistence
Ondrasek, Naomi; Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Scott, Caitlin; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
This is a policy brief for "California's Special Education Teacher Shortage." California is in the midst of a severe special education teacher shortage that threatens the state's ability to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, who often have the greatest needs but receive the least expert teachers. To help policymakers…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Persistence
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Levin, Stephanie; Scott, Caitlin; Yang, Man; Leung, Melanie; Bradley, Kathryn – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Strong and stable school leadership is critical for success in schools across the nation. The duties of the principal are many and varied. Principals, for example, can oversee instruction, purchase curricular materials and supplies, and provide professional learning and supports for teachers. Carrying out these duties effectively makes a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Persistence
McCluskey, Neal – Cato Institute, 2008
It is widely believed that starting public school teacher salaries are too low, and student loan burdens are too high. If true, everyone could be facing a situation in which recent college graduates cannot afford to go into teaching because they will be unable to repay their college debts. Public policies are already being formulated on the basis…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Public School Teachers, Teacher Salaries