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Back-To-School Food Safety Tips For Home-Packed Lunches

UW-Extension

Students are heading back to school, and many of them will be carrying lunches they bring from home. Home-packed lunches can take many forms: hot or cold, homemade or pre-made from a store.

Series: The Yahara Watershed

Series: Phosphorus In Wisconsin's Land And Water

The Cyanobacteria Stalemate In Wisconsin's Lakes

Scott Gordon

WisContext

One organism, exploding in population, thrives at the expense of others in its ecosystem. That's essentially what happens when a toxic algal bloom spreads a slimy, stinky trail across a body of water.

Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Wisconsin Loosens Teacher Licensing Requirements, But Training Pipeline Still Shrinking

Scott Gordon

WisContext

School districts across Wisconsin started the 2016-17 school year with unfilled vacancies for teaching jobs.

What Do Wisconsin's 2016 Student Test Scores Mean?

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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Wisconsin's ACT standardized test scores dipped in 2016, which marked the first year all graduating seniors were required to take the college aptitude exam. Wisconsin state schools Superintendent Tony Evers discusses benchmarks in student tests.

Series: The Yahara Watershed

Series: Phosphorus In Wisconsin's Land And Water

Four Visions Of Change For The Yahara Watershed

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

The year 2070 may sound like an impossibly distant date from the vantage point of 2016, but it's as near into the future as John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth is in the past.

Safety, Learning, Love And 'Pokémon Go'

Anne Clarkson

UW-Extension

With such a fast rise to fame, understanding the long-term effects of Pokémon Go on kids is impossible. However, what is known about other technologies can help predict how to make the use of new media, like Pokémon Go and other social platforms, a safe and positive experience for kids and parents.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Ways To Make A Yard Less Thirsty

Joseph Van Rossum

UW-Extension

Summer in Wisconsin can often be quite hot and dry, interrupted only by intermittent rains. Drier weather conditions means homeowners feel they need to water the plants in their yards.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Gaps In The 'Skills Gap' Debate Over Wisconsin Jobs

Scott Gordon

WisContext

In an economic debate that can devolve into a pitched battle over philosophers and welders, several University of Wisconsin-based researchers believe businesses, policymakers, and educators could strike a balance.

Series: Waukesha And Lake Michigan Water

Racine Mayor Voices Opposition To Waukesha Water Plan

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

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Waukesha has been approved to divert water from Lake Michigan under the terms of the Great Lakes Compact. Racine Mayor John Dickert discusses his and other mayors' opposition to this decision.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

The Intesection Between Education And The Skills Gap

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

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The Wisconsin Center for Education Research is investigating the skills gap and what Wisconsin is doing to invest in educating its current and future workforce. Researcher Matthew Hora discusses these findings and what the state could be doing better.