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Slashing Red Tape Can Ease The Doctor Shortage
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes
April 13, 2020
The U.S. doctor shortage preceded COVID-19. But the crisis has exposed its severity. If current trends continue, the United States will be short up to 122,000 physicians by 2032, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. That projected shortfall includes up to 55,000 primary care doctors.
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Lance Izumi – Online Learning and Homeschooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 13, 2020
Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss a situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that millions of parents never though they’d find themselves in – homeschooling their kids. He shares advice from experts to parents on homeschooling, shares online education and homeschooling resources, discusses state and federal efforts to make it easier for parents and students to access online education, and spotlights how teacher unions and opponents of charter schools are not allowing the crisis to go to waste to further their policy agenda.
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First Legislative Budget Hearing on Coronavirus Promises Tough Questions
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
April 16, 2020
Last weekend, Vice News reported that the company that California has contracted with, BYD, “has been prohibited by law from bidding for some federal contracts in the United States . . . (and) has glaring red flags on its record, experts warn, including a history of supplying allegedly faulty products to the U.S., ties to the Chinese military and Communist party, and possible links to forced labor.”
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