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Trends in State and Local Government Employment
The government workforce is crucial to our daily lives and is an integral part of the US economy.
Article
The Teacher Pay Penalty Hit a New High in 2021
Over the last 18 years, EPI has closely tracked trends in teacher pay. Over these nearly two decades, a picture of increasingly alarming trends has emerged.
Report
For a Democratic Transformation of U.S. Post-Secondary Education
The objective of universal social benefits provided without charge to all comers may be disparaged as radical and impractical, but the idea of the common school — a system of free, non-sectarian education open to all children — goes back to the founding o
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Corrected: What Difference Does It Make If Spending Is Over One Year or Forty? None to the New York Times
We have a right to expect more serious budget reporting from the country’s leading newspaper.
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How Biden Got It Just Right on Student Loan Forgiveness
The Biden administration’s debt forgiveness plan is not perfect, but it is a big step that will help tens of millions of people. That’s pretty good for government work.
Report
How States Would Benefit If Congress Truly Invested in Child Care and Pre-K
The child care and pre-kindergarten policies under consideration in Congress would not only benefit children, families, early educators, and the child care sector. They will also stimulate billions of dollars in economic activity in every state.
Pandemic-Related Drop in College Enrollment Reveals Inequities in Access to Higher Ed
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on college enrollments this fall.
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Free College and Pay-By-the-Mile Auto Insurance
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 6, 2020
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Private Equity in Higher Education: A Full Ride at Student and Taxpayer Expense?
This May, millions of new graduates found themselves torn between triumph and trepidation, as looming obligations to begin repaying student loans tempered celebrations nationwide. Still others had no cause to celebrate, having accrued debt without obtaini
