Half of all teachers leave the profession without a pension.

Only those teachers who remain in the same plan for an entire career truly benefit from the current system.

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  • What Happened to Wisconsin's Teacher Workforce After Act 10? Not Much

    November 5, 2018
    Wisconsin's controversial Act 10 legislation has had little long-term effect on the Wisconsin teacher workforce. One lesson: We should be careful to separate out any given policy's effects on teachers unions from its effects on teachers.

  • Do All Teachers Get Pensions?

    October 25, 2018
    Most public school teachers are enrolled in a pension plan, but that doesn't mean they'll ever actually receive a pension, or that it will be a good one.

  • Georgia Teachers at Risk for an Insecure Retirement

    October 24, 2018
    There’s a common misconception that teachers’ retirement plans are gold-plated, extremely generous options. And for a very small pool, they do provide a secure retirement. But that’s not the case for the majority of teachers. To illustrate this, we dug into a sampling of states to see how they measure up, and ran the numbers to see if an alternative plan design might serve more of their workforce.
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