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Marchitello, Max – Bellwether Education Partners, 2019
West Virginia's attempt to reshape its teacher retirement system in the 1990s and early 2000s is often cited as a cautionary tale to block other teacher pension reform efforts across the country. Critics argue that because West Virginia replaced its pension fund with a defined contribution (DC), 401(k)-style plan in the early nineties, and then…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Finance Reform, State Programs
Louvisia Conley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
People with disabilities have been identified as representing the largest marginalized group worldwide. A negative attitude towards people with disabilities has been an extended paradigm in American society. Improving the treatment of people with disabilities has led to national policy and legislation changes. However, health inequities continue…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Employee Attitudes, Nurses
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Åsta Haukås – Modern Language Journal, 2024
While many language teachers leave the profession early, others thrive and teach until retirement. Understanding how these teachers maintain their passion can help identify the support needed for their personal and professional growth. However, research on the factors behind their sustained happiness in the teaching profession is limited. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, German, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Romero-Tena, Rosalía; Perera, Víctor H.; Martín-Gutiérrez, Ángela – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Recent reports confirm that the European Higher Education Area is conditioning the satisfaction of Spanish faculty members, resulting in a greater number of early retirements. The present study, framed within the context of the research, development and innovation project 'Fuga de Talentos: Un estudio sobre los motivos que han condicionado a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Teacher Retirement, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
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Beachum, Floyd D.; Khabbaz, Tashina; Hylton-Fraser, Kadia – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2022
Students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds face negative perceptions about their academic potential (Smith, C. A. (2005). School factors that contribute to the underachievement of students of color and what culturally competent school leaders can do. "Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program…
Descriptors: Blacks, African American Leadership, African American Teachers, School Segregation
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Azorín, Cecilia; Portela, Antonio; Nieto, José Miguel; Alfageme, María Begoña – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2022
Purpose: This paper draws on data from a research project that examined the professional relationships that existed between teachers of different generations within an educational setting, including both those inside and outside school. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was adopted to better understand participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers
Michelle J. Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have created opportunities, within schools, as a means to work together to share professional inquiry and further explore various strategies to increase student achievement. Previous research on PLCs mostly focused on ways school staff and faculty engaged on topics of student performance and student…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Internet, Mentors, Beginning Teachers
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Baldwin, Roger G.; Belin, Angie A.; Say, Brett H. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2018
Academic retirement no longer follows a consistent, predictable pattern. This trend demonstrates a need to rethink the nature of retirement in colleges and universities to better serve both individual professionals and their institutions.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Retirement, Needs, Higher Education
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Jane Perryman; Alice Bradbury; Graham Calvert; Katie Kilian – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2025
Accountability policy and its negative effects on teachers' working lives and retention is internationally recognised as a problem in education with school evaluation and inspection being a particular issue, particularly in England. Research suggests that the school inspection system Ofsted impacts negatively on the health and well-being of staff…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Accountability, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Costrell, Robert M.; Hitt, Collin; Shuls, James V. – Educational Researcher, 2020
In this brief, we examine an important but obscure form of state spending on K-12 education-state subsidies of school district pension costs. In 2018, this exceeded $19 billion across 23 states. To put that amount into perspective, 2018 federal spending on Title I programs was $15.8 billion. This revenue stream is often ignored in analyses of…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, State Aid, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Dan Goldhaber; Cyrus Grout; Kris Holden; Josh B. McGee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
Over the last two decades, twenty-two states have moved away from traditional defined benefit (DB) pension systems and toward pension plan structures like the defined contribution (DC) plans now prevalent in the private sector. Others are considering such a reform as it is seen as a means of limiting future pension funding risk. It is important to…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Retirement, Time Management, Decision Making
Aldeman, Chad – Bellwether Education Partners, 2019
Today, nine out of 10 Americans age 65 and older depend on Social Security benefits to lead a comfortable and secure retirement. Among all Americans over age 65, Social Security makes up more than half of their household income. This brief outlines the history of Social Security benefits in the public sector, describes the safe harbor rule and how…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Federal Programs, Public Policy
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Lauren Marshall Bowen; Laurie A. Pinkert – College Composition and Communication, 2020
This essay argues for a redefinition of disciplinary activity and examines disciplinary identity development beyond traditional academic/nonacademic binaries. Through analysis of interviews with twenty-seven retired members of rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, this essay provides a closer look at retirement as an active but overlooked…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Intellectual Disciplines, College English
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George, Rosalyn; Maguire, Meg – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
In the UK a 'crisis' has been manufactured around the so-called baby boomer generation. It has been claimed that this demographic (those born between 1946 and 1964) have benefitted from supportive public policies throughout their lives and are still continuing to access advantages but at some cost to younger generations. For example, policies that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, College Faculty, Social Justice
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Duffy, Ali – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Postsecondary dance technique teachers negotiate extensive physical demands throughout their careers. As they rise through the academic ranks, their bodies age, and with age sometimes comes limited mobility, decreasing strength, and injuries. Further, mental and emotional processes and self-perceptions sometimes change in response to diminishing…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Aging (Individuals), Physical Mobility, Muscular Strength
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