Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions: How to Protect Teachers and Taxpayers

January 2015

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Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions: How to Protect Teachers and Taxpayers

Challenging the claims of pension boards and other groups about the cost-effectiveness, fairness and flexibility of the traditional defined benefit pension plans still in place in 38 states, this report includes a report card on each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia with a detailed analysis of state teacher pension policies.

Also, the State Teacher Policy Dashboard has additional state specific and national overview information on pension systems. 

State Pension Report Cards

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