At the same time, the number of teacher vacancies have exceeded 100,000 jobs in the past four years, said Elaine Weiss of the Economic Policy Institute. She said school budgets had been slow to recover from the last recession, while a relatively robust economy today offers better paying career options that have deterred many would-be teachers.
“It helped exacerbate the teacher shortage and put more pressure on states,” Weiss said.
AP News
August 26, 2019
On average, teachers spend $459 of their own money on classroom supplies each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In Delaware, the average is even higher, with teachers shelling out about $507 each year.
Delaware New Journal
August 26, 2019
PENNSYLVANIA — Teachers in Pennsylvania are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $420 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Patch
August 26, 2019
Teachers in New Jersey are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $412 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Patch
August 26, 2019
NORTH CAROLINA — Teachers in North Carolina are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $400 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Patch
August 26, 2019
Teachers in New York are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $480 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Patch
August 26, 2019
EMMA GARCIA: Teachers are once again opening up their wallets to buy school supplies (Economic Policy Institute reports) — It’s the beginning of the school year, a time of eager anticipation and hopeful expectations. Amid the excitement, teachers are gearing up to go back to their classrooms by opening their wallets to buy classroom supplies. An overwhelming majority of them—more than nine out of 10—will not be reimbursed for what they spend on supplies over the school year, according to survey data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
WRAL.com
August 26, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute has crunched the numbers from the National Center for Educational Statistics, including a breakdown by states. The state averages vary (from $664 in California to $327 in North Dakota), though EPI is quick to note that the range says more about variations in state funding and school conditions than about the relative generosity of teachers in different states.
Forbes
August 26, 2019
Case in point: In 2015, college graduates earned 56% more on average than high school graduates, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That’s a pretty sizable gap.
Nasdaq
August 26, 2019