Sentences with phrase «about teacher pensions»

Earlier this month I was invited to speak about teacher pensions at a meeting of the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa.

With all the noise about teacher pensions it's interesting that Social Security receives so little attention.

We often write about statistics or theoretical arguments about teacher pensions.

I wish I had known more about teacher pensions.

What would you change about teacher pensions so that they can better serve teachers?

While most of the articles on our list were published in 2011, some are oldies that generated new interest this year (including two articles from our archives about teacher pensions and other benefits).

Don — Here's a question about teacher pensions / retiree health benefits.

Last month I talked about teacher pensions on a panel at the annual summit of the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE - Network).

For anyone who has questions about teacher pensions or is interested in learning more about pensions in your state, sign up for our monthly newsletter, watch our 3 - minute animated «explainer» video below, or reach out to us directly at teacherpensions - at - bellwethereducation - dot - org.

In our writings about teacher pensions over the last few years, we've identified a lot of bananas.

Moreover, the report's descriptions about teacher pension plans are wildly out of touch with reality and attempt to paper over real problems in the public sector.

In my post, I narrowed in on some flaws in how the report talked about teacher pension plans.

Back in September I put a piece up at This Week in Ed about teacher pension reform: In other words McGee and Winters are proposing sacrificing educators» retirement security to achieve a system that is in some respects more fair and — perhaps — educationally more efficient.

Not exact matches

It has received funding from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

CMHC controls about two - thirds of the market while publicly traded Genworth Canada has around 30 %; Canada Guaranty (part - owned by the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan) mops up the remainder.

It has received commitments from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

She's a teacher and with her current contract would get about $ 90K / year pension.

And while ISS declined to comment to Listed, Glass Lewis (which is owned by the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan) was more open about its views.

Private equity firm TPG Capital along with PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan purchased DTZ from the Australian public, commercial property firm UGL for about $ 1.1 billion and then merged that with Cassidy Turley, which was acquired for about $ 557 million.

The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10 percent this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher pensions, according to calculations released Tuesday by the Cook County clerk's office.

In a case that could have ramifications for government transparency, New York's top judges may decide whether details about taxpayer - funded teacher pensions should remain hidden or be open to the public.

Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retTeachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retteachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.

That's enough to cover about one - fourth of overall school spending in the two - county region, but experts said it is not sufficient to fully meet rising costs of teacher pensions and other high expenses.

Thousands of teachers, lecturers and support staff will be visiting Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday, 26 October) to lobby their MPs about pension cuts in the education sector.

So the battle is no longer about teacher pay or pensions.

Pension costs for teachers and other professional school staffers are expected to rise about 10 percent in the 2018 - 19 school year for districts on Long Island and statewide after three years of reductions, according to estimates by the New York State Teachers» Retirementteachers and other professional school staffers are expected to rise about 10 percent in the 2018 - 19 school year for districts on Long Island and statewide after three years of reductions, according to estimates by the New York State Teachers» RetirementTeachers» Retirement System.

The second poll on the 24th June asked specifically about teachers taking strike action on the 30th June over changes to pblic sector pensions that «mean teachers will have to work longer and pay more towards lower pensions.»

We first look at early - career teachers» behavior when they become vested in their state's pension plan, by reviewing state assumptions about teacher withdrawal rates.

Research does reveal one moment in a teacher's career when pension rules can influence her decision: when she is at, or just about to reach, retirement age.

Vesting periods can vary; about half of states set the vesting point at five years of service, and most of the rest require 10 years of service before teachers are eligible to collect a pension.

When I talk about pensions, I often cite a statistic about rising teacher mobility.

When Rhee's study came out, I used her own calculations on benefit accruals to show that about half to two - thirds of California's incoming teachers will fail to break even in their pension system.

We reviewed pension plans and projections in all 50 states, looking specifically at state assumptions about teacher behavior at two inflection points: early career, when they become eligible for minimal pension benefits, and late career, when they become eligible for full pension benefits.

Usually when I tell this story I'm talking about pensions, but rising attrition rates also have implications for the way we think about teacher preparation, induction, salaries, etc..

A follow - up study by Bob Costrell and Josh McGee reached similar findings: About two - thirds of all new California teachers lose out from their pension system.

And if we had a different pension system — one that allowed teachers to build pension wealth throughout their careers and take it with them whenever they left — then they wouldn't be worried about losing their big payout by getting fired a few years before retirement.

Weingarten is right to call out state policymakers for their fecklessness about properly funding teacher pension plans, part of the cause of the pension mess today.

In the Spring 2009 issue of Ed Next, Mike Podgursky and Bob Costrell wrote about the high cost of teacher pensions.

Teacher pensions are not all - or - nothing, but only about half of new teachers will qualify for some pension.

As we've written about for teachers in Illinois and California, the «average» pension is skewed by many employees who qualify for only a very small pension.

In a recent Education Next article, «Golden Handcuffs,» we talked about winners and losers in teacher pension systems, and about the huge costs these systems impose on mobile teachers due to the back - loading of benefits.

The total pension income is a combination of all of these pensions, so all should be considered when a teacher thinks about their retirement planning.

Video: Robert Costrell talks with Education Next about the ways that teacher pension plans punish short - term and mobile teachers and reward teachers who spend their entire career teaching in one state.

Podcast: Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky talk with Education Next about ways to eliminate the peculiar incentives built into current teacher pension systems.

The chart below may appear complicated, but it explains a lot about what's happened over time to teacher pensions.

The retirement benefits of teachers, and of other public employees, have received increased scrutiny in recent years over concerns about the fiscal sustainability of defined - benefit pension plans and the peculiar incentives they create.

That argument may sound reasonable, but it's just as plausible that teachers don't know about or fully appreciate the thousands of dollars states and districts spend on their pensions each year.

Some districts do negotiate over who pays the contribution — the district or individual teachers — but under statewide pension systems, decisions about benefit structures and contribution levels are all made by state legislators, state comptrollers or treasurers, or even unelected pension boards.

Pension debt alone now eats up to about 10 percent of the average teacher's compensation.

Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky talk with Education Next about ways to eliminate the peculiar incentives built into current teacher pension systems.