Upcoming education forum
I’m very much looking forward to participating in the “The Future of Michigan Education” forum on Wednesday, May 27 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the
I’m very much looking forward to participating in the “The Future of Michigan Education” forum on Wednesday, May 27 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the
A recent article in the Washington Monthly is subtitled “The problem is not college debt, it’s low graduation rates. Fix that, and you fix the

You can find current data here. The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes a chart that details the unemployment rate and median weekly earnings
Readers of this blog know that we believe that a broad education is the key to building the skills needed for successful/prosperous forty year careers.
In our 2006 A New Agenda for a New Michigan report we wrote: “The most successful regions across the country are those where both the
As readers of Michigan Future’s work know, we have suggested for years that Michigan should look to Minnesota as a model for how to create
The New York Times reports that New York City has added more jobs over the last five years than during any five year period in
I’m reading Jonathan Clements’ Money Guide 2015. Not for work. But his first two paragraphs of the first chapter are very much about Michigan Future’s
Conventional wisdom is that people follow jobs. So the most effective talent attraction and retention strategy, once again according to conventional wisdom, is to create
As we explored in my last post the analysis we did eight years ago for our A New Agenda for a New Michigan report has
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