A recent Politico article by Colin Woodard that describes how a first-rate transportation system has completely transformed metropolitan Denver has left me with a serious
In the future, the majority of jobs in the U.S. will not be high paid. Gone are the days when you could earn a family-supporting
For decades, research has been clear that the second most powerful driver of student achievement—behind parental income—is the socioeconomic status of a student’s school. Creating
I recently caught up with an old friend whose daughter graduated from high school this year. My friend’s pride in her high-achieving child was obvious,
UPDATE: We released our report: A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: A 21st Century state policy agenda Click here to read it: https://www.michiganfuture.org/report-path-good-paying-careers-michiganders-21st-century-state-policy-agenda/ As
My eight-year-old son recently finished the last of his summer day camps at the Robot Garage in Grosse Pointe Park. The camp combined three of Jackson’s
A central conclusion of Michigan Future’s research over the decades is that the most prosperous places are those with the highest proportion of adults with
For years I have ben an advocate for using standardized tests as the prime way to evaluate the quality of K-12 schools and to hold
One of the new economic realities, that can’t be altered by politics or public policy, is that smarter and smarter machines are going to accelerate
Seems like a lot of what I write about these days is trying to set the record straight on the value of a four year
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