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 Does the Evidence Say About Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Retirement?

    May 18, 2018
    A new study provides evidence that teachers are not particularly sensitive to changes in retirement benefits. If anything, updating teachers’ retirement options could even free up resources to raise base salaries, which may ultimately affect the teacher workforce more than retirement benefits ever can.

  • Colorado Is Cutting Teacher Retirement Benefits. Again.

    May 18, 2018
    Rather that fighting to preserve an expensive, unfair status quo, teachers should demand retirement plans worth fighting for.

  • What If Fictional Teachers Had Real Pensions?

    May 11, 2018
    In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we think one of the ways states could thank teachers would be to make sure they all have secure, portable, sustainable retirement benefits. Unfortunately, too many teachers do not. To help illustrate why that’s not happening, consider six ways states make it harder for teachers to qualify for secure retirement benefits, as told through the lens of some of the most memorable, fictional teachers and educators.
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