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Lafferty, Michael B. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
When it comes to public-sector pensions, writes lead author Michael B. Lafferty in this report, "A major public-policy (and public-finance) problem has been defined and measured, debated and deliberated, but not yet solved. Except where it has been." As recounted in "Halting a Runaway Train: Reforming Teacher Pensions for the 21st…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Government Employees
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Tran, Doannie; Huang, Elsie – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
Limited information exists on how early career teachers, particularly those in "Generation Y", feel about the pension system and potential reforms to the pension system. This paper presents an analysis of the appeal of different aspects of pension plans; their influence on charter versus traditional public school teachers; and how…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Retirement Benefits
Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
Ladner, Matthew – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2015
"Turn and Face the Strain: Age Demographic Change and the Near Future of American Education" outlines a fierce battle looming between the needs of public health care and education. A crisis is fast approaching that makes comprehensive improvement of America's public schools more important than ever. Faced with rapidly expanding…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers, Retirement, Public Schools
Minnesota Department of Education, 2005
In compliance with Minnesota Statute 127A.05, Subdivision 6, the Educator Licensing and Teacher Quality Division of the Minnesota Department of Education contacted all public school districts and charter schools in December 2004 and January 2005 in an attempt to determine how school districts and charter schools were succeeding in staffing the…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, School Districts, Charter Schools, Employment Patterns