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Journal of Education Finance, 2018
On February 24, 2017, all of the authors of the state-of-the-state manuscripts published in the "Journal of Education Finance" met in Cincinnati, Ohio, to participate in a roundtable discussion focused on recent legislative actions in 38 states. A majority of those papers were revised to reflect a final report on legislative actions…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, State Aid
Podgursky, Michael; Aud Pendergrass, Susan; Hesla, Kevin – Education Next, 2018
Public school districts are facing twin challenges: maintaining a labor supply of qualified teachers while shoring up the deteriorating system that compensates them. Keeping public-school teachers' pensions plans flush is expensive, and it accounts for a growing share of education spending. In some states, public charter schools provide an…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Innovation, Teacher Retirement, Retirement Benefits
Ben Backes; Dan Goldhaber; Cyrus Grout; Cory Koedel; Shawn Ni; Michael Podgursky; P. Brett Xiang; Zeyu Xu – Grantee Submission, 2016
Most public school teachers in the United States are enrolled in defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Using administrative microdata from four states, combined with national pension funding data, we show these plans have accumulated substantial unfunded liabilities--effectively debt--owing to previous plan operations. On average across 49 state…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Resource Allocation
Ben Backes; Dan Goldhaber; Cyrus Grout; Cory Koedel; Shawn Ni; Michael Podgursky; P. Brett Xiang; Zeyu Xu – Educational Researcher, 2016
Most public school teachers in the United States are enrolled in defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Using administrative microdata from four states, combined with national pension funding data, we show these plans have accumulated substantial unfunded liabilities--effectively debt--owing to previous plan operations. On average across 49 state…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Resource Allocation
Ahmad Medadi; Amir Hossein Mahdavi – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
This paper examines the influence of Iranian teacher unions on educational policy reforms, focusing on the evolution of teacher unions over the past two decades. Our key finding reveals a shift in the discourse and mental model of Iranian teacher unions, with an increased emphasis on education policy changes for quality and equity education.…
Descriptors: Unions, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Davidson, Frank D.; Schwanenberger, Michael; Carlson, Howard – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2021
This study involving superintendents from four states sought to identify the nature and quality of help provided by outgoing superintendents to their successors, and to capture data regarding differences in the helpfulness of that support, depending on whether the superintendent moved to a new superintendency, retired from the position, or was…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Leadership Role, Helping Relationship
Giffin, Jessica; Lachlan, Lisa; LaTurner, Jason; LeVangie, Samantha – Region 1 Comprehensive Center, 2021
The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic led districts and schools to experiment with new staffing and support structures to meet students' academic, emotional, and physical safety needs. Shortages of teachers and substitute teachers, challenging conditions for student teaching, and early retirements all became pressing issues during this time.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Shortage, Educational Strategies
Yamashita, Takashi; Cummins, Phylls A.; Arbogast, Annabelle; Millar, Roberto – Grantee Submission, 2018
A growing segment of the U.S. workforce -- older workers -- face challenges such as a greater chance of being unemployed for a longer period of time than younger workers and skill obsolescence in contemporary societies. In an age of fast-paced economic and technological change, ongoing investment in human capital in the form of skill training…
Descriptors: Older Workers, Job Skills, Employment Patterns, International Assessment
Lawrence, Timothy W. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
This article provides the perspective of the executive director of a national education association as he retires after 19 years as a national workforce development thought leader. He provides insights including the essential skills required for all learners and the unique opportunities for adult learners to help fill the skills gap as baby…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Adult Students, Retirement
Shyann Beach – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Many collegiate student athletes dream of professional careers in athletics for their entire lives. However, it is estimated that only 2% of college athletes will have the opportunity to continue their sports career after graduating college (NCAA, 2018). An extensive review of existing literature revealed a lack of support for student athletes as…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Athletics, Retirement, College Students
Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Tamara; Erickson, Karla A.; Thomas, Jan E. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
The decades between tenure and retirement constitute the longest yet least understood period of a faculty member's career. Previous research depicts the midcareer as fraught with reduced job and career satisfaction, lowered productivity, and even stagnation. However, we suggest a reframing of this period. Drawing on data from surveys and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Tenure, Teacher Retirement, Job Satisfaction
Davidovitch, Nitza; Eckhaus, Eyal – World Journal of Education, 2019
This study is a pioneer study that examines the advantages of faculty employment after retirement age from the perspective of academic faculty. The economic-industrial literature suggests that prior experience is a major consideration in the industry, particularly in the process of selecting suppliers, and the weight given to occupational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Retirement, College Faculty, Employment Potential
Morrissey, Monique – Economic Policy Institute, 2017
Several studies have argued that teacher pensions are a raw deal for most teachers and should be replaced with account-style plans. This report examines research that most teachers working today are building a secure retirement. According to the author, the myth that most teachers get a raw deal while a lucky few receive generous pensions is based…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Compensation (Remuneration), Teaching Conditions
Onukwu, James Nwabianke – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2022
This study investigated lecturers' perception of contributory pension scheme implementation and job commitment in South-South Nigerian universities. To guide the study, two research questions and one hypothesis were raised. A descriptive survey research that adopted correlational design. The population of the study was all the lecturers in the six…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Work Attitudes, Retirement Benefits, College Faculty
Kan, Leslie; Fuchs, Daniel; Aldeman, Chad – Bellwether Education Partners, 2016
Illinois' pension plans have sent the state on a downward spiral. One out of every four dollars that state taxpayers send to Springfield goes toward pensions, and the vast majority of these contributions go toward paying down large pension debt, not the actual retirement benefits given to state and local workers like teachers. The teacher pension…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Debt (Financial), Educational Policy