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Author: Sarah Szurpicki

This author has written 77 articles
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Why Criminal Justice Reform Is A Part Of Our Path To Prosperity

Why criminal justice reform is a part of our path to prosperity

  • September 29, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
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If you’ve been following this blog, you know we recently released the second in-depth topic paper outlining the proposed policy changes that we believe can help put Michigan back on a path to prosperity. To us, a prosperous state is…

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Turning On Kids’ “Lightbulbs:” Conversations With Educators

Turning on Kids’ “Lightbulbs:” Conversations with Educators

  • August 23, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Michigan Future Schools, an initiative of Michigan Future, Inc. that Lou, Pat, Kim and I (your regular bloggers here at MFI) all worked on, wound up its direct work with schools in large part by last summer. This year our…

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Could Michigan See A New Historic Preservation Tax Credit? (Please?)

Could Michigan See a New Historic Preservation Tax Credit? (Please?)

  • August 2, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making
  • 2 Comments

Our recent report, “A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: A 21st Century state policy agenda,” lays out the importance of placemaking to a prosperous Michigan, especially in our biggest cities. Some states have powerful economic development tools especially…

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Where Do College-Educated Millennials Live–and What Should Michigan Do About It?

Where Do College-Educated Millennials Live–and What Should Michigan Do About It?

  • July 12, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

In Lou’s work with Michigan Future, he has argued for years—and argues again in our recent report—that Michigan needs to come to grips with the fact that a prosperous state economy isn’t driven anymore by lots of low-skilled manufacturing work,…

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New Bill In Oregon Addresses Housing Affordability–by Limiting Local Control

New bill in Oregon addresses housing affordability–by limiting local control

  • June 23, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

Oregon's legislature is considering a fascinating, and controversial, bill to remove certain local controls over development in favor of new, faster development and higher density. The Atlantic's "City Lab" reports: H.B. 2007 would preempt residential downzoning in cities, meaning a…

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What Percentage Of Your Job Is “robotizable”?

What percentage of your job is “robotizable”?

  • April 14, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

This week, Marketplace started a great series on the ways that robots and automation are rapidly changing the jobs that are available to humans. This reporting follows on the heels of a McKinsey report that surprised many people with its…

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MFS Lessons Learned Part Two: The How

MFS Lessons Learned Part Two: The How

  • April 5, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog
  • 0 Comments

Michigan Future Schools (MFS), a seven-year long initiative of Michigan Future, Inc., to fund and grow high schools in Detroit that are committed to high school graduation (read more here) wound down its work last summer. We’ve spent time this…

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Why Are More Men Not At Work?

Why are more men not at work?

  • March 29, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 2 Comments

Read this and let it sink in for a minute: A man with only a high school diploma is twice as likely to be out of work as a man who has a four-year college degree. And, of the 9.3…

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New Report Shares The Impact Of Over-incarceration On Kids

New report shares the impact of over-incarceration on kids

  • March 21, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog
  • 0 Comments

At MFI, we were already supportive of prison reform that helps nonviolent criminals stay out of jail when appropriate, not least because doing time severely limits one’s ability to participate meaningfully in the economy following release. When we look at…

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Low College Attainment Is Hurting Michigan, And It’s Worse For Black Students At Michigan Colleges

Low college attainment is hurting Michigan, and it’s worse for black students at Michigan colleges

  • March 10, 2017
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 2 Comments

The Education Trust just published a report that shows the sizable gap between African-American and white completion rates at America’s colleges. Overall, 63.2 percent of white students who enroll in a four-year college graduate in six years, while only 40.6…

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