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Author: Patrick Cooney

This author has written 45 articles
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Social And Emotional Learning Focuses On How Kids Are Actually Doing

Social and emotional learning focuses on how kids are actually doing

  • May 16, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Test scores have become the sole fixation of our education system. At least since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001, states, districts, schools, principals, teachers, and students have been labeled successful or failing based on the single,…

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All You Need To Know About Student Loan Defaults In Two Graphs

All you need to know about student loan defaults in two graphs

  • May 9, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Earlier this year, I wrote a post breaking down newly released federal data on the student loan “crisis.” There were two big lessons that came from this data: (1) Stay away from for-profit colleges. The number of students who take…

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Medicaid Work Requirements Reduce Opportunity For Michigan Families

Medicaid work requirements reduce opportunity for Michigan families

  • April 25, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

In our 2018 state policy agenda, we write that the state needs a strong social safety net in order to promote opportunity for Michigan families. Last week, Michigan’s Senate Republicans took a step towards cutting another large hole in that…

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A Better Way To Help Students Pay For College

A better way to help students pay for college

  • April 11, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Feature, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Tuition-free college is having a moment. States across the country are offering tuition-free programs at their community colleges. And last year New York State began the largest tuition-free program in the country, making all two- and four-year colleges tuition-free for…

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How Important Are Standardized Test Scores To Life Outcomes?

How important are standardized test scores to life outcomes?

  • March 28, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Last week, the Equality of Opportunity Project, led by Stanford economist Raj Chetty, released another study in their ongoing series on mobility in America. This one was particularly sobering. The headline: black males raised in wealthy households (the top quintile…

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The Real Message From The Marshall Plan For Talent? Get A Four-year Degree

The real message from the Marshall Plan for Talent? Get a four-year degree

  • March 14, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

The Marshall Plan for Talent came with an implicit message to Michigan high school students: four-year degrees aren’t necessary to get ahead in tomorrow’s economy. Billed as a revolutionary approach to education, Governor Snyder envisions a competency-based system heavy on…

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The Powerful Myth Of The Young, Unemployed BA

The powerful myth of the young, unemployed BA

  • February 28, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

It passes for conventional wisdom these days that there’s a large mass of young college graduates (those with a four-year degree or more) who can’t find a job. Everyone seems to have a story about a friend of a friend…

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Breaking Down The Student Loan “crisis”

Breaking down the student loan “crisis”

  • February 14, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 7 Comments

Many believe that we have a student loan “crisis” on our hands. And indeed, the total level of outstanding student loan debt - $1.4 trillion at present – is striking. However, cumulative numbers like this, generally presented as evidence of…

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What Does Deeper Learning Look Like?

What does deeper learning look like?

  • January 17, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

At the core of our statewide education agenda released earlier this year is the idea that we need to shift to an education system in which the 6 Cs – collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence –…

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The Problem With 3rd Grade Reading Mandates

The problem with 3rd grade reading mandates

  • December 20, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Over the past few years, the question of whether 3rd graders can read, and what we should do about it, has dominated education discussions, not just in Detroit and Lansing, but across the country. 3rd grade reading laws have taken…

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