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Posted Jul 15,2009 at 4:24 PM
What are your thoughts on retirement especially after all your hard work put in, you want to retire in the place of your choice and enjoy, relax and live to the fullest. Some dream of retiring near the beach, up in the mountains, or in a secluded town far from busy city streets.
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Posted Sep 24,2009 at 4:52 PM
The difference between an IRA and a 403B plan is that only certain tax-exempt employees and teachers can sign up for a 403B, while an IRA is open to anyone. Discuss whether to open a 403B account or IRA with your employer using advice from a financial adviser in this free video on retirement...
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Posted Sep 25,2009 at 4:20 PM
Plan for retirement early in today's economy. Prepare for retirement by looking at the overall financial picture using tips and advice from an experienced financial adviser in this free video.
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Posted Oct 09,2009 at 4:07 PM
Retirement Living's Spotlight on Medicare Part D, featuring John Palmer and Alexis Abramson.
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Posted Mar 06,2009 at 6:40 PM
After decades of working hard, it's finally time to retire and hardly work. The leisure time of retirement is the light at the end of the tunnel—the reward for all those years of early mornings and pushy parents and giving so much of yourself for your students. But hardly working is more...
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Posted Mar 11,2009 at 3:55 PM
Every relationship needs to evolve in order to thrive. The decline in frequency of teachers’ strikes over the years is evidence that the relationship between teachers and administrators is currently mellowing, says Robert Blade, vice president of the Illinois Education Association. Blade says the...
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Posted Mar 11,2009 at 4:26 PM
The Baby Boomer generation is hitting retirement age, and according to the National Center for Education Information, as Boomers exit the workforce, the teaching profession stands to lose nearly 40 percent of its members in the next five years.Math, science and special education will be hardest...
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Posted Mar 11,2009 at 4:53 PM
It's no secret that these are tough financial times. Between the sub-prime mortgage crisis and what U.S. News & World Report calls "the most sweeping financial bailout since the Great Depression," everyone—educators included—is uncertain about the safety of their money and where their assets...
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Posted Jun 11,2009 at 2:13 PM
Once, retirement age coincided with life expectancy, and hanging up your hat at 65 gave you about a decade worth of laissez-faire repose.Now, more and more Americans are soldiering into their 90s and beyond, so what is there to do in those 30 or 40 years of supposed worry-free vacation? Missing out...
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Posted Jun 19,2009 at 2:00 PM
Cultivating a nest egg shouldn’t be a late in life, last-minute gamble. Pensions, 401K accounts, stocks and real estate investments are all factors in a retirement package, and lining them up as soon as you graduate college, or even before, is the best way to ensure hearty returns later in...
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Posted Jun 26,2009 at 2:00 PM
As any new kid in class can attest, transferring from one school to another is more traumatic than it is adventurous—especially when the transition occurs in the middle of the school year. New town, new teachers, new classmates, new rules and a new social system can be a dizzying experience for...
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Posted Jun 29,2009 at 1:55 PM
Teaching has its rewards. Summers off, seeing a light going on in a fifth grader’s eyes and knowing that tenure will allow you to keep your job for the rest of your life. While not all school districts offer tenure, good teachers are granted permanent job security after a few years on the job....
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Posted Jun 30,2009 at 3:08 PM
Retirement is looming, and you’re envisioning your own little slice of utopia, whether it’s a sailboat ride away or a short skip from where you started. Gone are the days of the typical Midwest-house-to-Florida-condo transplant, as senior teachers are getting more inventive with their post-work...
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Posted Jul 09,2009 at 1:43 PM
Student loan debt looms over the heads of many educators—be it a college professor lecturing on the European Renaissance or a kindergarten teacher handing out mats at naptime. Some new teachers have managed their debt and are unburdened by student loan payments, which in some cases can...
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Posted Jul 14,2009 at 1:51 PM
As the economy nose-dives, school pension plans are similarly riding the trough. Many educators once entered the teaching field counting on the promise of a secure retirement at the end of a long, not-so-lucrative career, and now, even that guarantee is slipping. Eric Hanushek, a senior fellow...
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Posted Aug 12,2009 at 1:45 PM
You’re 62 years old. The social security benefits you’ve awaited your entire career are finally within your reach. Biding your time for another five years may be more fiscally rewarding, as funds continue to accumulate in your account with each passing day. But can you wait? Not everyone can,...
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Posted Aug 19,2009 at 2:52 PM
Ah, work. No matter how much you love what you do, who hasn't thought about calling in sick one unexpected day to postpone some lingering items on your "to do" list? But then retirement arrives and the lack of colleague interaction—and even the ritual of some formerly meddlesome paperwork—has...
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Posted Aug 28,2009 at 2:18 PM
Social media has reached a tipping point. In July 2009, Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary added the words webisode and vlog to its index. Facebook hasn't earned an official entry yet, but it's classified as a verb in the open online version of the dictionary (as in to lookup someone's...
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Posted Sep 23,2009 at 3:58 PM
As retirement nears, many teachers are not alone in wondering how best to protect and preserve their nest eggs. It’s not an easy question to answer, even with the stock market up substantially for the year. Despite the market’s rally of recent months, clouds of doubt still remain. Many experts...
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Posted Oct 09,2009 at 1:56 PM
Nearing retirement? Among the many changes to be aware of, and perhaps plan for, is something called the Medicare Part D “doughnut hole.” Above a certain threshold, Medicare’s coverage of monthly spending on prescription drugs drops to zero, only to kick in again beyond a higher, so-called...
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Posted Oct 28,2009 at 3:10 PM
Every teacher knows the value of doing your homework, and if a retried teacher is considering reentering the workforce, the situation is no different. Whether changing financial conditions or renewed passion for teaching is the driving force to get back into the classroom, there are important tips...
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