And teachers may become more sparse. The Economic Policy Institute predicts a widening teacher shortage in the next five years.
KFYR TV
February 3, 2020
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the country lost 60,000 jobs in education, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs remain unfilled.
St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune
February 3, 2020
Unfortunately, financial support for Virginia’s educators and public schools has not kept pace with what Virginia’s children, including Virginia’s EL students, deserve. The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) reports that our current funding formula investing in EL students falls below the national average. Data from the National Education Association, Economic Policy Institute and Education Law Center at Rutgers University reveal that Virginia ranks significantly lower compared to other states for teacher pay and per-student spending — factors that contribute to educational inequities for EL students and all children in the commonwealth.
Getting Smart
February 3, 2020
Oklahoma Policy Center
February 3, 2020
So said the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute (EPI) on Jan 10, reacting to that day’s release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment and wage numbers for December. The numbers showed that December’s payroll employment grew by 145,000 jobs, and the nation’s jobless rate came in at 3.5 percent, a record-low number that was steady compared to November.
Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
February 3, 2020
African Americans are 2.5 times more likely to experience poverty than white Americans, the Economic Policy Institute finds. They are more likely to live in places with limited economic opportunities and fewer resources, and to experience housing discrimination, incarceration and a lack of access to health care.
CNN
February 3, 2020
It’s a similar story in Washington, D.C.: Of the 38 percent of users who are interested in moving outside the increasingly unaffordable D.C. metro—where median incomes for families of four are $40,000 less than the salaries the Economic Policy Institute estimates will allow you to live comfortably—about 15 percent are hunting in nearby Baltimore, Maryland, which is in commuter range. Another 15 percent are looking at Philadelphia.
City Lab
February 3, 2020
But while moving further from the District can cut housing costs, those savings can quickly be negated by added transportation costs. For example: Two adults with no children in Arlington County need about $5,653 in monthly income, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In Anne Arundel County, where Scott lives, the estimate is very similar — $5,039 — due in part to transportation costs.
WAMU 88.5
February 3, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the monthly cost for a four-person household in Fairfax County is $9,509. The housing cost averages $1,951 a month.
WUSA 9
February 3, 2020
As a father to three kids, it’s no surprise he’s aware of how expensive it can be to find someone to look after your children. According to the Economic Policy Institute, which looked at annual childcare costs in the U.S., moms and dads in Massachusetts ($17,062), Minnesota ($14,366), New York ($14,144), Maryland ($13,932) and D.C. ($22,631) pay the most, CNBC’s Make It reports.
Working Mother
February 3, 2020