In an editorial entitled Snyder must sell how a 2nd term would overcome shortcomings of his 1st, Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor, wrote:
As we explored previously Massachusetts’ students rank amongst the best in the world on international math and science tests. The recently released 2013 NAEP–the nation’s
The nation’s report card on student achievement is the National Assessment of Education Progress. It measures how well students across the country perform on high
Insightful column by Chris Farrell for Bloomberg Businessweek entitled “Innovative States Aren’t Low-Tax States”. Worth reading! As we did in our last two posts, Farrell
As we explored in our last post being in the top ten in business cost rankings has little or nothing to do with Michigan families
Nearly a year ago I did what turned out to be one of my most popular posts which looked at how states ranked highly by
We have in our last few reports deconstructed per capita income into its components. Doing that has made clear the importance of wages and benefits
Interesting reaction to our new report. Nearly everyone wants to talk about what it means to policy. And yet for Don Grimes and I the
Conventional wisdom is the places with the lowest costs (so-called business friendly) have the best economies. Think again! If that were true New York City–particularly
In a previous post I explored the nearly two decade bipartisan addiction Michigan policy makers have to cutting taxes. The latest evidence of the continuation
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