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Underpaid Teachers
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Antisemitism, Underpaid Teachers, Immigrant Entrepreneur
Episode: Antisemitism, Underpaid Teachers, Immigrant Entrepreneur
- Jun 3, 2021 8:00 pm
- 14:45 mins
On average, American teachers make 80 cents for every dollar that other college-educated professionals make, and this gap is only growing. Economist Sylvia Allegretto at the Economic Policy Institute is co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California-Berkeley. She discusses why teachers aren’t making more and analyzes if this is really fair or not.