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Melissa Kay Diliberti; Heather L. Schwartz – RAND Corporation, 2024
Since its launch in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the American School District Panel (ASDP) has been used to monitor timely topics in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public education. Over time, ASDP surveys have coalesced around four key challenges that U.S. public school districts face today: school…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Teacher Surveys, School Districts, Educational Trends
Johnson, Richard W.; Southgate, Benjamin G. – Urban Institute, 2014
The financial problems afflicting the Illinois teacher pension plan have grabbed headlines. An equally important problem, though underappreciated, is that relatively few teachers benefit much from the plan. This report evaluates the pension benefits provided to Illinois public school teachers. The researchers project annual and lifetime pension…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Teacher Salaries
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Costrell, Robert M.; Podgursky, Michael – Education Next, 2008
Pensions have long been an important part of compensation for teachers in public schools. However, the incentive structures of teacher pension systems are not widely understood, even though they can have powerful effects on the composition of the teaching force and on public finance. In their research, the authors have found that teacher pension…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Income, Retirement Benefits, Educational Finance