Sixty percent is becoming the standard estimate of the proportion of working age adults who need a post secondary credential to meet the skill needs
Income mobility in American is declining. Increasingly what your parents earn predicts what you will earn. Certainly not consistent with the core American value of
Our Michigan Future Schools initiative is designed to create, at scale, open enrollment high schools in Detroit that graduate students college ready who ultimately earn
Michigan policymakers seem hell bent to eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). They already have reduced the credit from 20 to six percent to
A recent DBusiness article, entitled “Report: Metro Detroit ranks low in attracting, keeping young graduates”, cites two reports that came to that conclusion. The one
We all know the basic story. A very high percentage of personal income growth is going to the top one percent. Which leaves little for
For decades the Detroit Regional Chamber has be a leader on the importance of transit to the success of the region and state. Way ahead
A friend recently attended an urban development workshop in Dallas. Lots of content on retaining and attracting Millennials. She was surprised (me too when I
Important and surprising New York Times article entitled “Transportation Emerges as Crucial to Escaping Poverty”. Reporting on research at Harvard the Times reports: In a
As we explored in our last post if we are serious about raising American living standards we need policies that address both increasing education attainment
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