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Racial Wage Disparities
This graph is courtesy of the Economic Policy Institute.
In The Classroom
Questions and content to explore with students could include:
What are the key takeaways from this graph? Cite your evidence
Describe the relationship between growth in productivity and workers wages since 1980 in three different ways
Compare trends in wages for different demographic groups
What is being measured on the Y axis?
Why do some of the lines dip below 0?
Productivity is growing at a faster pace than wages, so who is benefitting from this growth/gap?
Extension Opportunities
Research disparities between CEO compensation and average worker pay. (Note: CEO compensation has grown 1,322% since 1978)
How Would You Use This News?
How would you use this graph in your classroom? What math content could it help students explore? Share your ideas in the comments.
https://paypalcasinosite.net caught my attention before I even got to the graph, but the question about who benefits from the productivity-wage gap is what I keep coming back to. Having students trace that gap back to shareholder payouts and CEO compensation numbers like the 1,322 percent figure would make the abstract math feel personal fast. I've found that when kids calculate how many years an average worker would need to match one executive's annual package, the room gets very quiet.
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