Education

EPI documents impacts of social and economic inequality on student achievement, and suggests policies, within school and out, to narrow outcome gaps between middle class and disadvantaged students. EPI research refutes false assumptions behind politically inspired attacks on public education, teachers, and their unions.

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Teacher pay penalty dips but persists in 2019: Public school teachers earn about 20% less in weekly wages than nonteacher college graduates

September 17, 2020 By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel Report
COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy: Lessons from pre-pandemic research to inform relief, recovery, and rebuilding

September 10, 2020 By Emma García and Elaine Weiss Report
Domestic workers chartbook: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes

May 14, 2020 By Julia Wolfe, Jori Kandra, Lora Engdahl, and Heidi Shierholz Report
Schools are still segregated, and black children are paying a price

February 12, 2020 By Emma García Report
Who’s paying now?: The explicit and implicit costs of the current early care and education system

January 15, 2020 By Elise Gould and Hunter Blair Report