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• New Warren plan outlines protections for part-time workers

  If employers keep a worker’s hours under 35 per week, federal law does not require them to offer health insurance, and employers have increasingly used part-time positions to lower payroll costs over the past several decades, according to a 2016 study from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Sentinel Source | December 4, 2019
• Nationally, a third fewer students enrolled in teacher preparation programs in 2018 than in 2010

  The proportion of teachers who are not fully certified is another indicator that researchers have used to argue that a national shortage is large and growing. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 1 in 10 teachers in high-poverty schools are not fully certified.

  AJC | December 4, 2019
• A decade of decline at America’s teacher preparation programs: new numbers show enrollment of aspiring educators has fallen by more than a third since 2010

  Compared to other adults who completed college, teachers’ total compensation is 13 percent lower in 2018, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which may help explain some of the shortages many districts report. A Brookings Institution analysis shows that the wage penalty is even more extreme for science and math teachers.

  The 74 | December 4, 2019
• 5 ways a good economy is costing you

  In many ways, the phrase “good economy” is misleading. One report from the Economic Policy Institute estimated that 85% percent of income gains between 2009 and 2013 went to the top 1% of earners, which means that economic growth, no matter how prolonged, doesn’t always lift everyone equally. While solving this problem isn’t quite as straightforward as opening a mutual fund, it’s one reason to consider supporting a fair economy, not just a good one.

  Policygenius | December 4, 2019
• Business leaders search for solutions to child care ‘crisis’

  The child care system isn’t just holding back women. The Economic Policy Institute reports fixing the system would add more than $1 billion of new economic activity to Alabama.

  WZDX | December 4, 2019
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• Trump announces tariffs on steel and aluminum from Brazil, Argentina

  “Brazil has been stepping in and taking advantage of the decline of imports from other countries,” said Robert Scott, senior economist and director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.

  The Epoch Times | December 4, 2019

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