Michigan’s recovery
Good news! The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released revised data on Michigan employment for 2011 and 2012. They show larger job gains than previously
Good news! The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released revised data on Michigan employment for 2011 and 2012. They show larger job gains than previously
Catherine Rampell in a New York Times Economix blog entitled Health Care Aside, Fewer Jobs Than in 2000 makes the case that other than health
In a recent Detroit Free Press op ed John Austin writes about a Michigan Future report he and I worked on entitled Revitalizing Michigan’s Central
When it comes to education the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Geoffrey Canada has it right when he says he wants for Harlem’s kids what his rich
Michigan was the birthplace of the 20th Century American mass middle class. Largely built on a foundation of high paid blue collar –– mainly unionized
Even more than machinists and welders we have been told over and over again by policy makers and the business community that American has a critical
The answer to the title’s question is of course not. But that fact shouldn’t change the design of k-12 education away from the goal of
What worries me the most about the direction education policy is taking is that it seems increasingly disconnected from the economy of today and tomorrow.
Readers of these posts know that we believe education attainment is what matters most to future economic success of both individuals and communities. That our
The evidence keeps growing that economic growth is increasingly going to capital not labor. And that unless that changes most Americans are facing a declining
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