

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


High-density, high-amenity neighborhoods are not going away
As we explored in my last post from the beginning of our republic there has been predictions of the coming demise of high-density big cities.


Remote Learning Projects at Out-of-School Programs
One thing we have learned as we’ve met with people across the state of Michigan about the need to reform education so that students are


High-density big cities are not going away
David Oshinsky in his book Bellevue quotes Thomas Jefferson’s reaction to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, then the nation’s capitol: By November the


Imagining, and Reimagining, Education
I’ve been writing recently about both my family’s experience with remote learning this spring, and what’s missing from our preparation for remote learning in the


Inequality and four-year degree attainment
Four-year degree attainment is essential to eliminating income and racial inequality. As the chart below makes clear, those with a four-year degree or more work