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Author: Patrick Cooney

This author has written 47 articles
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What Could An Ambitious State EITC Mean For Michigan Families?

What could an ambitious state EITC mean for Michigan families?

  • January 24, 2023
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Feature
  • 0 Comments

Every year, the US Census Bureau publishes estimates of the poverty rate in the U.S. There is the official poverty measure (OPM), which is what we use to determine eligibility for government assistance, and the supplemental poverty measure (SPM), which…

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Expanding Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit Can Combat Benefit Cliffs

Expanding Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit can combat benefit cliffs

  • February 17, 2022
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Feature
  • 0 Comments

The appropriate size and scope of our social safety-net has long been a matter of disagreement between politicians, researchers, and advocates on the left and right. But one thing that seemingly everyone can agree on is that no matter how…

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A 21st Century Education – Technology Not Required

A 21st Century Education – Technology Not Required

  • September 24, 2020
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 1 Comment

This post originally ran in February 2017. We are rerunning it because of its relevance to the discussion we should be having about what post-pandemic education should looks like for all students. Whether in school or learning at home. Nearly…

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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
  • 1 Comment

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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