May 20—ROCHESTER — The Minnesota Legislature has passed legislation that will allow Minnesota teachers to retire a little earlier, if they so choose. While it still needs the signature of Gov. Tim ...

Teachers will have to pay more from their salaries to be part of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) from next month – with ...

COLUMBUS, OhioCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund, as would-be reformers’ attempts to deliver long-promised benefits to retirees with the ...

Education costs taxpayers billions of dollars more each year than they’re being told, and teacher pensions are the culprit, according to a new Heritage Foundation study. The study found states are ...

Gov. Martin O’Malley cut local aid or shifted costs of $310 million to the counties in the budget he proposed Wednesday, including 10 percent cuts for libraries and local jails and making local ...

Teachers are opting out of saving for their retirement due to financial pressures, according to a report presented to ministers. The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), which gives recommendations to ...

The Greek myth of Sisyphus is a story of a man condemned to repeatedly push a boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll down again. To meet the demands of his task he must believe that the rock will ...

I disagree with the editorial position of the paper on pension reform for retired teachers, especially since I am a retired teacher. I found it interesting that the paper supports Springfield's ...

Maryland's two leading Democratic candidates for governor stood in solidarity this fall with the state's largest teachers union, pledging their support in a battle to improve what educators say are ...

Teacher pay has been in headlines across the country recently: In 2018, there were a half-dozen statewide protests over educators’ salaries and pensions, and some of that momentum has continued into ...