Pennsylvania pension agency docks ‘ghost teachers’ credit

By   /  June 28, 2016  /  Education, News, Pennsylvania, Pensions  /  No Comments

The Public School Employees’ Retirement System said those employees are not eligible to receive pension credits for the time they were not teaching kids.

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New bill to bust ‘ghost teachers’ advances

By   /  June 7, 2016  /  Education, Labor, News, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

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A proposed law would severely limit the number of teachers permitted to leave the classroom to work for their unions on school time.

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Pension agency: Ghost teachers ‘must be removed’

By   /  June 1, 2016  /  Education, Labor, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

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The Public School Employees’ Retirement System is revoking the retirement credits of a union official for the years she did not work in a classroom.

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Philly ‘ghost teachers’ making $1.5 million this year

By   /  April 19, 2016  /  Education, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

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Sixteen no-show teachers are making an average salary of almost $98,000.

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Study: Absent Philly teachers cost district millions

By   /  April 5, 2016  /  Education, News, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

School District of Philadelphia

Facing a staffing crisis, the School District of Philadelphia is looking to hire more than 800 new teachers.

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Allentown schools cry poverty, pay ‘ghost teachers’

By   /  March 16, 2016  /  Education, Labor, News, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

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One commissioner voted against because he doesn’t want to pay for a teacher to not teach.

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