* Rather than creating a retirement system suitable for
the mobile teaching profession, states have instead made it harder to earn a pension by increasing their «vesting periods.»
Not exact matches
According to the Bureau of the Census, people between the ages of 20 and 29 move 16 percent more within a given year than individuals who are age 30 and older.22 To attract and retain young professionals into the
teaching profession, the teacher licensure system must be brought into the 21st century to meet the demands of a more
mobile population.
Because of high mobility in the
teaching profession and rules that penalize young and
mobile workers, roughly half of all teachers nationwide will not qualify for even a minimum pension benefit.