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Author: Patrick Cooney

This author has written 47 articles
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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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A Strong Safety-net To Get Michiganders Back To Work

A strong safety-net to get Michiganders back to work

  • November 29, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

Some in Lansing would have you believe that our economy is as healthy as ever, with the state’s unemployment rate as low as it’s been since the early 2000s. The problem is that the unemployment rate isn’t a great measure…

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An Attempt To Measure What Matters

An attempt to measure what matters

  • November 8, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

In our statewide education agenda released earlier this year, we call for a new set of foundation skills to be the focus of our education system. Based on the work of learning scientists Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff in…

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A Book Club For College Success

A book club for college success

  • October 18, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Over the past few months, Michigan Future facilitated a College Success book club for a group of stakeholders in the city working to get more Detroit students to and through college. The purpose of the club was to have a…

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Increasing Wages And Supports For Michigan Workers

Increasing wages and supports for Michigan workers

  • September 27, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Public Investment, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

Our latest report provides a set of ideas for how we improve living standards for Michiganders not participating in the high-wage knowledge economy. Last week I wrote about our ideas for providing far more support to jobless individuals, to help…

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A Safety Net That Promotes Opportunity

A safety net that promotes opportunity

  • September 22, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 2 Comments

Our latest report, Sharing prosperity with those not participating in the high-wage knowledge-based economy, is based on two major understandings. The first is that even in a growing economy, a large portion of the population can still be struggling. Indeed,…

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What Actually Predicts College Success?

What actually predicts college success?

  • September 6, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 2 Comments

There’s quite a bit that determines whether or not a student is successful in college. They need to have good study habits, be able to write well, be able to manage their own time, be a self-advocate. Academics have created…

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Education For A Forty-year Career

Education for a forty-year career

  • August 16, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

The centerpiece of our education policy agenda is that our education system should prepare students not for a first job, but for a forty-year career. The dominant narrative today seems to be the opposite – that we need to tie…

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