
Metro Detroit’s economic well being decline
In our last post we detailed Oakland County’s decline, falling in per capita income from 21st among the nation’s counties in 1999 to 122 in

Oakland County’s economic well being decline
For decades Oakland County has been labelled one of America’s richest counties, No more! Mirroring Michigan’s precipitous economic decline since 1999, Oakland County has fallen in per capita

Dr. Sheryl Kennedy joins Michigan Future staff
Today, Michigan Future announced that Dr. Sheryl Kennedy will be joining the Michigan Future staff as a vice president. Kennedy joins Michigan Future after a

A note of caution on the science of reading
Over the past couple years, a consensus has emerged among business, philanthropic, political, and many education leaders about how we should be teaching young children

Using averages over anecdotes
The story of the underemployed college graduate refuses to die. If you look back across the past half century, it is not hard to find

Welders and Accountants
When people make the argument that you don’t need a four-year degree to get a good-paying job, they will often say that you can make