Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri

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Education | ARTICLE | June 8, 2026

Life Comes at You in Waves—And Sometimes It Brings Early Retirement

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

Labor | ARTICLE | March 5, 2025

Missouri Pension System Pushes Out Another Great Educator

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

Labor | ARTICLE | June 13, 2023

To Reduce Superintendent Turnover, Change the Pension System

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 3 min

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Education | ARTICLE | August 9, 2019

We Could Give Teachers a Ten Percent Raise Next Year

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 3 min

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Education | ARTICLE | April 11, 2019

Viral Facebook Post about Missouri Teacher Pension Bill Is Filled with Falsehoods

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 6 min

Labor | ARTICLE | September 5, 2018

Teachers Live Forever

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 3 min

Labor | ARTICLE | April 9, 2018

Public Employee Pensions: Time to Get Our Heads Out of the Sand

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 3 min

Labor | ARTICLE | February 15, 2018

A $200,000 Retirement Benefit and a $250,000 Salary? Deal!

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 3 min

Public Pensions | ESSAY | October 23, 2017

Teachers’ Opinions on Missouri’s Public School Retirement System

By Michael Q. McShane and 1 more | Read Time 2 min

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