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Hess, Frederick M., Ed.; Wright, Brandon L., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2020
How might school funds be spent more effectively in today's uncertain environment? This up-to-date volume explores a range of ideas to help schools and districts better manage their resources, including: how to rethink staffing and management to get more value for employee compensation; how policymakers might revisit pension arrangements in ways…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School District Spending, Money Management, Compensation (Remuneration)
Winters, Marcus A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Most of us have had at least one amazing teacher who has inspired, influenced, or encouraged us to do better, aim higher, or just be more confident. However, most of us have also had at least one teacher who has not met our expectations. In "Teachers Matter", education researcher Marcus A. Winters, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute,…
Descriptors: Credentials, Test Results, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests
Ruebhausen, Oscar M., Ed. – 1990
The Commission on College Retirement was formed to review the role and functioning of college and university retirement programs and make recommendations for program improvements. This volume brings together five separate reports issued by the commission. "Retirement Ages for College and University Personnel" addresses the issues of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Practices, Financial Services, Health Insurance
Budetti, Peter P., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed.; Gregory, Janice M., Ed.; Hunt, H. Allan, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 15 articles on older workers and the challenges of health insurance, Social Security, retirement, job loss, and working until older ages. Following an introduction by the editors, the articles are organized in five sections that also include commentaries on the articles. The following are included in Section 1, "Charting…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Disabilities, Early Retirement, Employed Women
Hammond, P. Brett, Ed.; Morgan, Harriet P., Ed. – 1991
This report discusses whether the special circumstances of tenured faculty in higher education justify a continued exception to the national policy prohibiting age discrimination in employment, and examines a number of practical steps that are available or could be made available to address the problems raised by the elimination of mandatory…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Federal Legislation
Alexander, Kern, Ed.; Monk, David H., Ed. – 1987
Focusing on the classroom teacher as the key component in the educational process, this yearbook reviews recent school reform upheavals and their effects on teacher compensation, availability and quality of teachers, teacher retirement systems and related issues. After introductory observations on teachers' economic subsidies by Kern Alexander,…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Taylor, Suzanne Saunders – 1986
This book describes the operation of state and local government pension systems for teachers, explores the rationale behind current administrative and financial practices, and describes the interaction of special interest groups, pension professionals, and investment personnel with the administration of these systems. The pension systems in 23…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Financial Services