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.
KPVI
October 15, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute argues that a more stable and financially sustainable childcare workforce would pave the way for an expansion of subsidized care for hundreds of thousands of children statewide. The work of teaching young children, performed primarily by African American and Hispanic women, needs to be recognized as an invaluable occupation, and early care and education should no longer be financed through low teacher pay.
The Progressive
October 15, 2019
Wisconsin ranks among the worst states in the nation for racial inequality in a new report by EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) state partners that highlights the racial disparities within a dozen Midwestern states.
Madison 365
October 15, 2019
Laura Dresser is the Associate Director of COWS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan “think-and-do tank” based at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, which partnered with the Iowa Policy Project, Policy Matters Ohio, and the Economic Policy Institute to produce the report. She says that segregationist policies hampered black communities’ ability to rebound from economic downturns.
WORT 89.9 FM
October 15, 2019
The report released by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington found that a number of factors — historical, economic, demographic and political — have shaped patterns of racial disparity and race relations in the Midwest.
Des Moines Register
October 15, 2019
“The two surveys are different in methodology, sample size, and reporting period, so it’s not unusual for them to report slightly different findings,” said David Cooper, a senior economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.
Politifact
October 15, 2019
The Iowa Policy Project, Policy Matters Ohio, COWS, and the Economic Analysis and Research Network supported the project, which the Economic Policy Institute published this past week as Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest. Gordon analyzed a range of factors in twelve states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, and Indiana). I recommend reading and downloading his whole report.
Bleeding Heartland
October 15, 2019
He too spoke to the issue of income inequality being an unmistakable accelerant to ongoing divides in the United States which he cited as being as high since 1928, one year before the Great Depression. (A 2018 study from the Economic Policy Institute, which leans left, found that “the top 1% of Americans made 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent.”)
Globe Gazette
October 15, 2019
The projection? According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Nominal Wage Tracker, the “growth target for nominal wages” is 3.5% to 4%, but the “actual year-over-year growth for private employees” is 3.2%, so we’re lagging behind, and workers are hardly noticing the increase considering recent year-over-year inflation is 2%. As for Q4 2019, no change is expected. As for 2020, there is little to no change expected across hierarchies, from hourly employees to management.
Adecco
October 11, 2019