Sentences with phrase «include teacher pension»

His current research topics include teacher pension policy, fiscal impact of school choice, longitudinal analysis of student achievement, and methodologies for school funding estimation.

In standing for election, Mr. Lewis faces opposition from several large investors, including teachers pension fund TIAA - CREF.

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The sellers include Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan.

• Cinven agreed to sell CeramTec GmbH, a Germany - based manufacturer of high performance ceramics, to a BC Partners - led consortium including the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan.

Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.

BC, Canada's largest telecommunications group, announced the biggest buyout in Canadian corporate history on Saturday, accepting an offer worth C$ 51.7 billion ($ 48.5 billion), including debt, from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

Before joining Merrill Lynch in 1999, Ms. Patterson held a number of senior positions with several leading organizations including Goldman Sachs Canada, where she was National Sales Manager of Fixed Income, and the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan Board, where she was a fixed income portfolio manager.

Anne Sheehan is the Director of Corporate Governance for the California State Teachers» Retirement System (CalSTRS), the largest teacher's public pension fund in the USA, where she is responsible for overseeing all corporate governance activities for the fund including proxy voting, company engagements and managing $ 4 billion placed with activists managers and sustainability managers.

Past recipients of the award include: Galen G. Weston, Loblaw Companies; Dominic D'Alessandro, Manulife Financial; John Betts, McDonald's Restaurants; Jim Leech, Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan; Frances Lankin, United Way; Charles Baillie, TD Bank; and Robert Deluce, Porter Airlines.

Also in July, mining giant Glencore announced it was in talks with Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan for a 50:50 venture for its royalty assets (including a royalty for the Antamina copper - zinc mine in Peru, which was expected to fetch around $ 250 million).

Some pensions — including those for many government employees, teachers and railroad employees — don't pay into Social Security.

Other education related initiatives include resolving the issue of the Alberta teachers» pension plan shortfall and preventing a teachers» strike for five years; creating 1000 new spaces for post-secondary education students in energy, the environment, and economic studies; and creating 6000 new apprenticeship seats.

We are challenging the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions» decision to change the basis on which certain public sector pension benefits, including teachers» pensions, are up - rated from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices IndePensions» decision to change the basis on which certain public sector pension benefits, including teachers» pensions, are up - rated from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Indepensions, are up - rated from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).

Supply teachers are facing a raft of exploitative employment practices, including denial of entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has found.

Yesterday marked the end of a second straight sub-par fiscal year for most of the nation's state and local public pension funds, including all five New York City funds and the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS).

The NASUWT has today received formal notification from the High Court of the hearing date for its application for judicial review of the Coalition Government's decision to change the index - linking of public service workers» pensions, including teachers» pensions, from the Retail Price Index (RPI) to Consumer Price Index (CPI).

The city's four biggest funds, including those for teachers, firefighters and cops, lagged their peers in a Post analysis of the 50 «most active» city and state public pension private equity investors.

That law allowed for the pensions of subsequently elected legislators to be taken after a criminal conviction, and defined «public official» in a way that also included rank - and - file state employees but excluded police officers, firefighters and teachers.

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

She added that there are hard costs which are out of the control of local school districts including teacher salaries, pensions and healthcare.

Democratic committee leaders sought to restore cuts proposed by Malloy that included asking municipalities to collectively pay more than $ 400 million annually as a one - third share of teachers» pensions.

E.J. McMahon: «Yesterday marked the end of a second straight sub-par fiscal year for most of the nation's state and local public pension funds, including all five New York City funds and the New York State Teachers» Retirement System (NYSTRS).»

Assini noted that his figures only include the data of regular state employees, (because that's the information provided by the governor to date), and not fire, police or teachers, who make up the bulk of most localities» pension costs.

The NASUWT remains in dispute with the Government over adverse changes to teachers» pensions, including the arbitrary decision to increase their normal pension age.

Anti-tax cap groups, including the state United Teachers, are disappointed in the Democratic - led Assembly's version of the cap, which keeps the 2 percent ceiling on the growth of taxes, but does include some narrow exemptions for pensions

Supply teachers are being exposed to a raft of exploitative employment practices, including denial of entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions.

The package also includes a controversial proposal to require teachers to increase the contribution to their pensions from 6 percent to 7 percent.

They would include exempting non-prescription drugs from the state sales tax and slashing the amount of income tax retired teachers pay on their pensions.

He said, Zamfara workers were faced with a number of problems which include failure to pay the salaries of 1,400 recruited by the government more than two years ago, non payment of backlog of pension and gratuities, non payment of minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government employees as well as non payment of annual salary increment.

Others, including the state teachers» pension fund in California, are considering the option to sell or have begun the divestment process.

«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line with a number of Conference proposals, including: pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»

That doesn't include the approximately 3,000 retired school administrators and teachers who also qualified for pensions of $ 100,000 or more, but who are in a separate pension system.

His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national spotlight.

Each state pension plan publishes a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), which includes withdrawal rate tables that estimate the percentage of teachers who will leave the system before they are eligible for normal retirement.

The Winter 2010 issue of Ed Next included a study by Bob Costrell and Mike Podgursky that showed how teacher pensions concentrate benefits on teachers who spend their entire careers in a single state, penalizing younger teachers, who change jobs and move more often than did previous generations.

In nearly all educator pension plans (including Missouri's), teachers and their employers contribute a level percentage of earnings over the course of a career.

Teacher benefits, including pension and health benefits also remain unchanged.

Teacher pension formulas usually include the following variables: years of service, final average salary, and a benefit multiplier determined by individual states and plans.

There are several possible explanations for our findings, including that (a) teachers do not greatly value, and / or do not fully understand the values of their pensions, and (b) the policy was poorly targeted.

It is increasingly apparent that public defined - benefit (DB) pension plans, including teacher plans, across the United States are in a difficult financial situation.

But principals have substantially higher salaries than teachers, and these salaries in combination with a full career in a single retirement system (which can include teaching years), result in lucrative pensions.

It was revealed that supply teachers are being exposed to a «raft of exploitative employment practices, including denial of entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions».

His areas of expertise include standards - based reform, school finance, and teacher pensions.

• The Local Government Pension Scheme may be in deficit and a school's share of this deficit is passed over and will be required to be repaid • Owning the buildings and lands — bringing both freedoms and legal liabilities • The governing body will need to be reviewed and new additions potentially appointed with one third being members of staff including the head teacher.

Teacher contracts include basically everything, that is, except pensions.

where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

On the whole, teachers across the nation have strung together an impressive series of victories, including salary raises, pension reforms, and school funding increases.

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

Daniel Loeb, Paul Singer and dozens of other hedge - fund managers have poured millions of dollars into promoting charter schools in New York City and into groups that want to revamp pension plans for government workers, including teachers.

Some public entities, including a few teacher pension systems (Ohio's is one), have also started to offer DC or CB - type options in their plans.