We support, but are disappointed in, charter schools
Reading Richard Whitmire’s worth reading The B.A. Breakthrough reminded me why Michigan Future has been supportive of charter schools from their inception in Michigan more than a quarter of century ago. Largely because they provide an alternative to chronically failing big city school district’s schools. Whitmire chronicles how the best of the national charter networks […]
Updated B.A. earnings premium for 25-34 year olds
2018 work earnings data are now available from the Current Population Survey. What follows is an update of an earlier post now with 2018 data. The story we are told over and over again is for today’s students getting a four-year degree is no longer a good value for many. It may have been for […]
A capitalist calls for a new capitalism
Salesforce chairman and co-C.E.O Marc Benioff in a New York Times op ed entitled We Need a New Capitalism becomes another capitalist advocating for big changes in American capitalism. He writes: To my fellow business leaders and billionaires, I say that we can no longer wash our hands of our responsibility or what people do […]
Cities and universities drive economic growth
Crain’s Chad Livengood begins his story on the new University of Michigan Detroit Center for Innovation this way: Across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital, Virginia Tech is developing a 1 million-square-foot innovation campus in Alexandria, Va., that’s two Metro commuter train stops away from the second North American headquarters Amazon is building. In […]