Golden Peaks and Perilous Cliffs: Rethinking Ohio's Teacher Pension System

Document Number: 7583

Golden Peaks and Perilous Cliffs: Rethinking Ohio's Teacher Pension System - Dating to 1920, Ohio's State Teacher Retirement System (STRS) is the oldest of the Buckeye State's five public pension systems. It now covers close to half a million members -- active, inactive, and retired -- or one member for every ten Ohio households. Despite its long history and prodigious size, all is not well with Ohio's teacher pension system. This report illuminates some of the serious challenges facing STRS. (Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2007) ...