How to think about “Grit”
For the past several years, non-cognitive skills have been a dominant theme in education. While the concept has been around for some time, the current
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For the past several years, non-cognitive skills have been a dominant theme in education. While the concept has been around for some time, the current
One of the skills that the Becoming Brilliant authors Roberta Michnick and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek focus on as critical to future success is that of confidence.
In my last post, I revisited some memories from my 8th grade art class with John Post, in the light of what we’ve been learning
Readers of MFI will know we have all recently read (or in some cases, re-read) Becoming Brilliant, which makes a strong case that the skills
Last week I wrote about how critical immigrant populations have been to those cities where a decades-long population decline has slowed or, in some cases,
At a recent meeting, a member of a prominent elected body in Michigan objected to the use of the term “social justice” in an official
Michigan Future has long argued that states must be “welcoming” to be attractive to the college educated workforce that employers seek—and who are “mobile,” meaning
If Michigan is going to be broadly prosperous again, it’s imperative that we reduce barriers to people who want to participate in the workforce. More
If you haven’t been convinced already by the approximately one million posts MFI has written over the years about the importance of a college degree
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