The 2019 Michigan economy was not one of our best ever
The Michigan Association of United Ways recently reported that in Michigan’s strong pre-pandemic 2019 economy 38 percent of Michigan households were unable to pay for
A Pathway for Every Child: What Now? Ep. 10 with Pam Moran and Ira Socol
Two threads came together for me recently. In talking with Colin Seale, the keynoter at our recent conversation on educational equity that we titled “Beyond
Our community college completion challenge
A year ago I wrote about the year two results from the MDRC evaluation of the Detroit Promise Plus program. This post is largely a
Wonder Workshops: Bringing Identity and Inquiry Into Schooling: What Now? Ep. 9 with Lisa Bergman and Lisa Diaz
It’s commonly observed that a school’s culture for children is a mirror of a school’s culture for adults. At Mt. Pleasant’s Renaissance Public School Academy,
These are Michigan’s middle-paid occupations
In recent posts we have been exploring payroll jobs wages by occupation and education. Dividing the labor market into occupations with median wages below the
A District In Alignment: What Now? Ep. 8 with Scot Graden
Our guest today has led a district that, for over a decade, has been moving towards a skills-based approach to learning, rather than a purely