Today’s episode uses Motel 6 to provide a possible answer to why many teachers (and workers in general) just can’t seem to make ends meet.

I have written about the teacher pay gap in several previous blog posts but I found a new and interesting way to look at it which I think goes a long way to explaining the pay gap that many of us feel.

But what does Motel 6 have to do with it? Here is where it gets interesting. Motel 6 was founded in 1962 – and do you know why it was called Motel 6? Because it only cost $6.00 to stay at the hotel for a night. The average price in NJ to stay at Motel 6 is $63.28.

Has the price really gone up that much? Not at all. Consider this - 60 dimes from 1962 are now worth $67.20 Listen for more details...