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There was an outcry about ‘practice babies’ on TikTok. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.
March 1, 2024 | USA Today | Jessica Leinaweaver
No perfect parenting method exists. But a number of decades ago, educators thought differently – so much so that they acquired babies from local orphanages for home economics students to "parent."
Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year
February 27, 2024 | The New York Times | Elizabeth Fussell
Many of those displaced also reported food shortages and predatory scams, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
Pandemic Journaling Project makes new home at Syracuse University
February 20, 2024 | Syracuse University News | Kate Mason
The Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP) offers insight into people’s lives and experiences from May 2020 to 2022 in 55 countries through nearly 27,000 online journal entries of text, images, and audio.
Mindfulness training proves effective in reducing hypertension and improving diet
February 13, 2024 | WJAR Providence | Eric Loucks
"About half of American adults have hypertension and of them only half of them have it under control," said Dr. Eric Loucks, director of the mindfulness center at Brown, who designed this study.
Kindergarteners who weren’t in school during pandemic struggle too
February 9, 2024 | EdSource | Emily Oster
Compared to students entering kindergarten before the pandemic, current students started school with weaker math and reading skills and were less likely to start school at grade level, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Wealth Inequality and 'Billionaire Supremacy' Have Gotten so Bad That at this Rate, it will Take 230 Years to End Poverty
February 6, 2024 | Business Insider | Oded Galor
Oxfam International published its inequality report this month, detailing a slew of grim predictions about the ever-widening wealth gap.
One-on-One tutoring program bets big on teaching kindergartners to read
February 1, 2024 | The 74 | Matthew Kraft
Once program co-founder asks, ‘Why couldn't you just teach every kid in America to read one-on-one?’
There’s a new pill for postpartum depression, but many at-risk women face hurdles
January 26, 2024 | New Hampshire Bulletin | Maria Steenland
Suicide and overdoses are among the leading causes of maternal death in the U.S.
Saving for Retirement on Part-Time Pay: The Challenges for Women
January 23, 2024 | The New York Times | Emily Oster
Most part-time workers in America are women — leaving them with less access to retirement plans and less money to sock away.
This group at Brown University is studying ways to avoid pandemic shutdowns. Here's how.
January 19, 2024 | Providence Journal | Mark Lurie
An ongoing project will help the School of Public Health generate recommendations for how to handle another event like COVID-19.