The release of the citywide plan for improving student achievement in Detroit was quite exhilarating. It marks a fundamental change in strategy and, for the
Interesting article in the Free Press this weekend on the wages that GM will pay workers in plants that will make the components for its
At Michigan Future, Inc. we believe that investments in higher education are the single best thing the state can do to grow a high prosperity
The question I get most often these days is for my take on the 2010 elections. To be honest I don’t have a clue what
I attended a terrific conference this week – co hosted by CEOs for Cities and United Way for Southeastern Michigan – on reducing poverty. The
Today we officially launch Michigan Future Schools (MFS) as an initiative of Michigan Future, Inc. It builds on the work we have been doing for
After reading my previous post on Apple, John Austin, of the State Board of Education and the Brookings Institution, sent me a terrific study. Its
In preparing for a presentation to the Michigan Society of Association Executives I took a look at what has happened to state taxes and spending
Nancy Crawley quotes Upjohn Institute economist George Erickcek in her column on Bissell. George, who is one of the best thinkers I know on economic
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