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Milwaukee Independent discontinues entering journalism competitions after remarkable 80 awards
1+ week, 3+ min ago (644+ words) Posted by Staff | May 8, 2026 After 10 years, and nine seasons of qualifying for awards based on the previous year's work, "Milwaukee Independent" has made the decision to retire from all future journalism award competitions beginning in 2026. This is the first year…...
How Milwaukee's schools, universities, and industry reveal an overlooked connection to Taiwan
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (517+ words) Posted by Staff Formosa | May 3, 2026 The relationship between Milwaukee and Taiwan does not announce itself. It does not appear in the headlines generated by cross-strait military tensions or semiconductor supply chain analyses. It is the first MPS program to offer…...
Finding Autonomy: Remote job listings shrink as flood of applicants overwhelms limited openings
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1141+ words) Posted by Reporter | Jan 21, 2026 When Kate Smith worked a 9-to-5 office job, she was burned-out, suffering from daily migraines and thinking, "I can't do this for the rest of my life." She didn't have to. For her next role, Smith…...
How to deal with a toxic workplace: Talk about it, document it, and be ready to leave it behind
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1235+ words) Posted by Reporter | Jan 21, 2026 One week into a new job, Lisa Grouette discovered something missing come Sunday night: the sinking feeling of dread she used to experience before going to work every Monday. Groutte spent 10 years at an insurance agency…...
Research finds that even students of color in kindergarten are at risk for reading difficulties
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (533+ words) Posted by The Conversation | 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…...
Enrollment decline forces districts to make painful school closures in already hard-hit neighborhoods
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1021+ words) Posted by Reporter | Jan 16, 2026 Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent decades. "It's like a hole in…...
Undocumented students face tuition barriers as many states dismantle access and previous protections
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (940+ words) Posted by Reporter | Nov 28, 2025 Carlie was hoping to spend her senior year savoring her final moments on the palm tree-lined campus of the University of Central Florida. Instead, she sits at home alone, logging on to online courses, afraid to…...
Early research suggests AI tools may impair critical cognitive skills instead of building them
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (997+ words) Posted by The Conversation | Nov 15, 2025 By Brian W. Stone, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Boise State University When Open AI released "study mode" in July 2025, the company touted Chat GPT's educational benefits. "When Chat GPT is prompted to teach or tutor,…...
Schools struggle with how to draw the line on cheating as AI tools reshape public education
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1013+ words) Posted by Reporter | Nov 15, 2025 The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing…...
AI literacy: Understanding the need to educate American youth about Artificial Intelligence
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1004+ words) Posted by The Conversation | Nov 12, 2025 By Daniel S. Schiff, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University, Arne Bewersdorff, Post Doctoral Researcher in Educational Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Marie Hornberger, Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical…...