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WTVR
October 16, 2019
It costs a pretty penny for residents to live comfortably in Sussex County, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The organization’s family budget calculator estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas.
Patch
October 16, 2019
The University of North Carolina system reported a 30 percent decrease in enrollment in education programs from 2010-2016. It is not difficult to understand why. According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers graduating from education programs in North Carolina can expect to earn 35 percent less than the average college graduate. Let that sink in. While many who go into teaching think of it as a calling, rather than just a job, they still need to pay their mortgages and buy groceries.
ThePilot.com
October 16, 2019
There are 60,000 fewer public education jobs than there were before the recession began in 2007, according to an analysis of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report by the think tank Economic Policy Institute. States and districts haven’t moved on from the austerity measures imposed by most states more than a decade ago when the recession hit. “If we include the number of jobs that should have been created just to keep up with growing student enrollment,” the EPI report states, “we are currently experiencing a 307,000 job shortfall in public education.”
The Hechinger Report
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
The NEA also pointed to a recent Economic Policy Institute report that concludes teachers are paid more than 21 percent less than other professionals with similar education and experience.
The Center Square
October 16, 2019
In Alabama, childcare costs an average of $6,000 per year ($500 per month) for an infant, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That’s 12 percent of the median household income in Alabama, of $49,861.
AL.com
October 16, 2019
Disproportionately low levels of Black equity are also impacted by low savings’ rates among African American homeowners. According to the Economic Policy Institute, “The typical black family with a head of household working full time has less wealth than the typical white family whose head of household is unemployed.” This staggering disparity means that most Black households simply scramble to remain afloat. Savings (much less investment in stocks, bonds, and other high risk market investments) are often difficult to accumulate when folks are one paycheck away from eviction, foreclosure, and potential homelessness.
LA Progressive
October 15, 2019
While there is a “sizable pay gap,” the disparity goes beyond just the fact that women are paid less than men for comparable jobs, Elise Gould, senior economist with the nonpartisan think tank the Economic Policy Institute, tells Make It. Women’s lower lifetime earnings can be attributed to the fact that the occupations that women enter tend to be paid less than fields that are traditionally male-dominated.
CNBC
October 15, 2019