

Kent County’s welcoming to all plan
Michigan Future’s core work, since our founding nearly three decades ago, has been laying out how Michigan could once again be a high-prosperity state––a place


Imaging the post-pandemic big city
In two recent posts (here and here) we have explored why the demise of big cities due to the pandemic is unlikely to happen. That


A 21st Century Education – Technology Not Required
This post originally ran in February 2017. We are rerunning it because of its relevance to the discussion we should be having about what post-pandemic


Relationships + meaningful work -> engagement -> learning
I’m pleased to refer our readers over to a recent opinion piece by journalism professors Andrea Gabor and Vera Haller at CUNY’s Baruch College in


Google and our education caste system
Google, with much fanfare, recently announced “three new Google Career Certificates in the high-paying, high-growth career fields of Data Analytics, Project Management, and User Experience


Lessons from Michigan’s Hot 50 jobs
Michigan’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives recently released their 2018-2028 employment projections by occupation and industry. Also released was their Michigan’s Hot