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Research finds that even students of color in kindergarten are at risk for reading difficulties
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (533+ words) Posted by TheConversation | Jan 17, 2026 By Paul L. Morgan, Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York; Eric Hengyu Hu, Research scientist, University at Albany, State University of New York Black, Hispanic, and Native American…...
Families are creating their own volunteer projects as nonprofits say children are too young to help
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1070+ words) Posted by Reporter | Jan 11, 2026 When Cami Teacoach's son turned three she set out to find volunteer opportunities they could do together. He made Valentine cards for senior citizens. They hiked and picked up trash. He helped harvest produce at community…...
Birth rate fears: Understanding pronatalism and its faulty assumptions about a U.S. population collapse
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1147+ words) Posted by TheConversation | Oct 3, 2025 By Leslie Root, Assistant Professor of Research, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder; Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and…...
The Ukrainian university that is flourishing in wartime and redefining how education can survive under fire
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1481+ words) Posted by David Kirichenko | Sep 23, 2025 Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 unleashed a demographic crisis in Ukraine, and its universities were among the hardest hit as students fled abroad and state funding shifted to the war effort. Yet in the city of…...
Broken system, broken families: How immigration policy tears apart households in Milwaukee
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (717+ words) Posted by Staff | Aug 7, 2025 The immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States is not just a border issue. It is a family issue. Every raid, detainment, and deportation reverberates through households that often span legal categories. Nowhere is this more…...
Forcing a brain-dead woman on life support to give birth is an ethical issue beyond abortion politics
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1059+ words) Posted by TheConversation | Jul 10, 2025 By Lindsey Breitwieser, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, Hollins University Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her…...
Milwaukee hosts U.S. premiere of film documenting Russia's brutal war on education in occupied Ukraine
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1594+ words) Posted by Lee Matz | Jun 24, 2025 The North American premiere of "War on Education," the acclaimed documentary about Ukraine by filmmaker Stefano Di Pietro, arrived in Milwaukee on June 1 with a message of urgency and a quiet sense of warning. The…...