What the Economic Policy Institute Says About Teacher Pay
The EPI also notes that teachers rank lower on the salary scale than comparable professionals with similar educational backgrounds, earning 18.7 percent less nationally. Termed the “wage penalty,” this erosion in teacher pay has grown approximately 17 points since 1994 — from 1.8 percent to 18.7 percent.
GoBanking Rates
May 30, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) recent paper on teacher shortages states that the crisis is growing worse than ever in America.
MultiBriefs: Exclusive
May 30, 2019
The study was conducted for the Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank.
WWJ News Radio
May 29, 2019
For a ballpark estimate of the jobs impact from lowering the U.S. trade deficit through a reciprocal tariff policy, the Economic Policy Institute provides this yardstick: For every $1 billion deficit reduction, U.S. employment increases by approximately 6,000. This suggests a USRTA jobs boost ranging between 350,000 and 380,000.
The Wall Street Journal
May 29, 2019
Meanwhile the pay of average Americans workers has barely budged during that time: Middle-wage workers’ hourly wage is up by 6 percent since 1979 while low-wage workers’ wages are actually down by 5 percent, as data from the Economic Policy Institute shows.
Urban Milwaukee
May 29, 2019
At a conference on “the future of work,” the two topics that now dominate discussion—robots and the gig economy—deserve workshops but not plenaries. The main plenary session should focus on the decades-long crisis of suppressed wages and deteriorating job quality created by policy changes on behalf of the rich and powerful to weaken labor standards, have excessive unemployment, expand corporate-driven globalization, spread fissured outsourcing/subcontracting, and dismantle collective-bargaining systems.
The American Prospect
May 29, 2019
Elise Gould, a senior economist with the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute told DailyMail.com that part of the issue could be that inflation and the cost of living in America has outstripped wage growth.
‘We’ve see very slow growth in wages,’ she said. ‘That’s one of the reasons we’ve seen an increase in household work hours in recent years … Families are feeling stretched thin in being able to afford just their basic needs. Even living pay check to pay check, a lot of them are falling behind.’
Daily Mail
May 29, 2019
While California is facing a teacher shortage, especially in fields such as science, math and special education, it is not the only state facing this issue. According to a recent report issued by the Economic Policy Institute, the teacher shortage is growing at rates larger than expected. Teachers of color are also increasingly in demand as student populations shift and the need for greater diversity in the teacher workforce is recognized.
Education Dive
May 29, 2019
This take on teaching as a pious act best done by nurturing, halo-wearing females could explain why, even today, teaching is often seen less as a career for a well-prepared professional and more as a moral calling — a distinction often used as rationale for low pay, at least in the United States. It also dismisses the fact that teachers earn college degrees, many have advanced degrees, and all take ongoing professional development. The resulting teacher gap — the percentage teachers are paid less than comparable workers — even hit a record 18.7 percent in 2017. According to the Economic Policy Institute, “teachers in every state are paid less on average than other similarly educated workers.” States with the biggest gaps are three that saw walkouts this past year: Arizona (36.4 percent), North Carolina (35.5 percent), and Oklahoma (35.4 percent).
Harvard Ed. Magazine
May 29, 2019
Even with those boosts, teachers earn 23 percent less in wages than similarly educated and experienced workers when adjusted for inflation. That’s according to a recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report.
Los Alamos Daily Post
May 29, 2019