But over time, the economic rationale for becoming a teacher has collapsed. In a recent report for the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Allegretto — a senior economist at CEPR — finds that a profession that once offered women a 15 percent pay premium ...

I know more than a handful of West Side teenagers who can carjack Kia Optimas with a USB cable, but I also know nearly 100 Chicago students who can operate the excavators that are used in construction. While these tasks involve similar skills, the choice between the two can mean wildly different...