Teacher Compensation
Part 3 of a four-part series addressing public employee compensation in Louisiana.
Resource Category: Education & Workforce
Louisiana’s Declining College Enrollment
Louisiana is heading towards a higher education enrollment cliff as experts predict a rapid drop in college-age individuals beginning in 2025.
Rising Cost of Higher Education
Louisiana students and their families are bearing more of the costs of attending college, after years of declining state financing for public universities and ballooning tuition costs. The state-financed TOPS free college tuition program is filling some of those gaps for families, but with certain schools and students benefitting more than others.
Digital Illiteracy and COVID-19
One in 10 Louisiana adults are considered digitally illiterate, meaning they are unable to find information through online platforms even as more commerce, news and entertainment require such technological skills to access.
2022 Legislative Session: Focus on Finances
Louisiana lawmakers completed a three-month regular session more likely to be remembered for the post-pandemic spending spree, record-setting education increases and significant infrastructure investments than for sweeping policy changes.
Unemployment and COVID-19
Louisiana’s unemployment rate was 4.3% in February 2022, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That is the lowest reported figure since June 2019.
Teacher Shortages and COVID-19
Louisiana faces a two-pronged problem in maintaining adequate levels of teachers in its K-12 publicschools, with more than one in 10 teachers leaving the classroom each year while the pipeline of newteachers also is significantly decreasing.
