In classrooms across the country, public school teachers are grading papers by day — and stocking shelves, serving tables, or freelancing by night. According to new Pew Research analysis, about 1 in 6 full-time public school teachers held a second job during the 2020–21 school year. And it wasn’t just summer work. Roughly 17% of teachers worked a non-school job during the school year, a rate nearly four times higher than the national average for all U.S. workers.

A recent Pew Research Center analysis reveals a significant and widening gender gap in higher education achievement among young Americans. The data paints a compelling picture of how women have surged ahead in college completion rates over the past three decades, with particularly notable differences across racial and ethnic groups.