Many economic development experts – including the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit that studies economic issues for low- to middle-income populations — have concluded that “public education, including the built infrastructure to support it, is key to the economic prosperity of our communities and nation.”
The Twin-City News
August 12, 2019
How acute nationally is the problem this school year? It’s hard to say with certainty. Earlier this year, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute said in a report that the shortage is “real, large and growing, and worse than we thought.” “When indicators of teacher quality (certification, relevant training, experience, etc.) are taken into account, the shortage is even more acute than currently estimated, with high-poverty schools suffering the most from the shortage of credentialed teachers,” the report said.
NELP
August 12, 2019
A recent study from the Economic Policy Institute showed that US teachers are paid a lot less than other college graduates, with weekly wages more than 20% lower than non-teaching professions.
RTÉ
August 12, 2019
Unfilled teaching positions aren’t unique to Clark County. School districts nationwide have faced teacher shortages in recent years, a trend driven by low pay and overall disinvestment in public education, according to the liberal-leaning, nonprofit think tank the Economic Policy Institute and the American Federation of Teachers, a national educators’ union.
Las Vegas Sun
August 12, 2019
On average, working parents are paying $15,394 annually — $1,283 per month — for daily childcare services, an amount surpassing costs for public college and housing in New York, according to the latest data from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington D.C. think tank.
The Telegraph
August 12, 2019
In the Pioneer Press, Bob Shaw reports, “Tuition at Minnesota day care centers has reached an average of $16,000 for infants — the fourth-highest in the nation. That’s the average per year for an infant. It’s less as the child gets older. Child advocates say the high cost is a sign that the quality, too, is exceptional. … A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute examined day care centers — not home-based day care. The average annual cost for a Minnesota infant was $16,087, and $12,252 for a 4-year-old. …The blame for the costs — and the credit for the quality — lies with regulations.”
Minneapolis Post
August 12, 2019
This statistic is among multiple jaw-droppers contained in a new Colorado-centric report from the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit that stresses its bipartisan nature. And Elise Gould, a senior economist for EPI, notes that the strain such expenses place on Coloradans crosses demographic lines.
“There’s been a lot of attention on how much low-income families who need infant care and child care are suffering in terms of their ability to make ends meet generally,” she says. “With the high cost of housing, food, health care and other expenses, many of them simply don’t have enough money if something unusual happens, especially if you mix in child care, which is very hard for a lot of families to afford. But the problem isn’t isolated to low-income families. It affects middle-income families as well. It’s a widespread problem.”
Westword
August 12, 2019
A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute examined day care centers — not home-based day care. The average annual cost for a Minnesota infant was $16,087, and $12,252 for a 4-year-old.
TwinCities.com
August 12, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants to put a stop to such financial robbery of workers for profit. So Garcia, now a member of a financial reform group, joined unions – notably The NewsGuild — workers and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in lining up behind Warren’s legislation, the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, to do so.
Warren’s measure would protect some 5.8 million workers whose 35,000 firms are now owned or controlled by private equity funds, EPI President Thea Lee said in her think tank’s detailed analysis of the rapacious investors. That doesn’t count Toys ”R” Us, now dead thanks to the funds’ avarice.
People’s World
August 12, 2019
Today, Japan continues to be accused of manipulating its currency in order to give its automakers an unfair advantage, both in its own market and around the world. The Ford Focus, for example, was the world’s best-selling compact car in 2013, with 1.1 million sold. Only 800 were sold in Japan. The Economic Policy Institute estimated that nearly 900,000 jobs were lost in 2013 alone because of the U.S. trade deficit with Japan, which is fueled by Japanese currency manipulation.
United Steelworkers
August 9, 2019