More evidence that work increasingly requires broad, rather than narrow occupation specific, skills. Terrific article in the Atlantic entitled The Unexpected Schools Championing the Liberal
The Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21) has developed an approach to education for all children that is designed to develop the skills that employers
Two highly recommended books about poverty in America: Stuck in Place by Patrick Sharkey $2.00 a Day by Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer In this
I have noted frequently that business, political and media elites are increasingly advising other people’s kids not to pursue a four year degree while their
As you know we believe that successful careers going forward are going to look far more like rock climbing than ladder climbing. The notion of
We explored in our last post the ten states with the highest net employment earnings (wages and employer paid benefits) per capita. The component of
Governor Snyder in a MLive op ed writes: “Raising the taxes on our job creators would be economically challenging for Michigan, especially after we’ve come
In my last post we explored the differences in the employment to population ratio in Michigan compared to Minnesota by gender, race and age. We
The biggest push-back we get on our using Minnesota as a model for Michigan is racial. Some version of “they don’t have the concentration of
The economic good news is the declining unemployment rate, particularly in Michigan. But when you look behind the headline number the jobs picture is a
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