

Michigan Future’s American Rescue Plan priorities
For the first time in a generation Michigan, its schools and local units of government have new revenue for public investments. An unprecedented amount of


Continuing to call for rising incomes for all
We want to take a quick moment to re-introduce an effort that Michigan Future coordinated last year. Along with 23 leaders in economic and community


How much workers make in a two-tier labor market
In a previous post we detailed that Michigan has a two-tier labor market. One for those with a B.A. or more and the other for


McKinsey on economic opportunity post pandemic
Must read new report from McKinsey entitled Unequal America: Ten insights on the state of economic opportunity. The findings come from an online survey conducted


Michigan has a two-tier labor market
Michigan’s two-tier economy exists in large part because Michigan has a two-tier labor market. Michigan’s high ALICE rate––38 percent in the strong 2019 economy––exists in


Break the mastodon tooth! Curiosity in museum learning: What Now? Ep. 11 with Dale Robertson
While most of our video interview series on education has focused on formal K-12 education settings, we’ve also become pretty interested in recent years in