How state pension subsidies undermine equity. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shuls, James V.; Hitt, Collin; Costrell, Robert M.
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 100:Number 8(2019)
• Page Start: 37
• Page End: 41
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721719846887
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

When policy advocates debate how best to ensure equity in public education funding, the topic of teacher pension reform rarely comes up. But, in fact, pensions represent a very large and fast-growing source of education spending, much of it distributed in ways that are, in a number of states, anything but equitable. When states subsidize teacher pensions directly, rather than expecting local school systems to fund those pensions themselves, affluent districts tend to benefit the most .