Machinists and welders
Machinists and welders have become public exhibit #1 of why we need to reemphasize vocational training in high school and beyond. The claim is these
February 25, 2013
Machinists and welders have become public exhibit #1 of why we need to reemphasize vocational training in high school and beyond. The claim is these
Terrific blog on Spartans Helping Spartans by Eileen Lonergan. Its about how MSU prepared her for a career in an occupation that she didn’t know
As we explored in my last post a quality education is about far more than preparing our kids and grandkids for a job or career.
We are increasingly inundated with rankings of k-12 schools. The question I always ask is “would the report’s authors send their kids or grandkids to
When I read my post laying out the themes that we believe matter most to recreating a Michigan with a broad middle class I realized
Theme: Quality education matters most Michigan––any many other states––have been slashing higher education funding for the last decade. It has been viewed as something we
Everyone seems to be ready to embrace the need for a substantial boost in state funding for transportation, even as they try to find the
As we start the new year I thought it would be helpful to take a step back from the specifics I normally write about to
All of a sudden there has been a lot of press coverage of our work: I did an interview with Cynthia Canty for Michigan Radio’s
The below presentation includes updated data on the most and least prosperous states and identifies the characteristics of the states with the most successful economies.
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