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Social and emotional learning focuses on how kids are actually doing
Test scores have become the sole fixation of our education system. At least since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001, states, districts,
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Michigan getting poorer
The Michigan Association of United Way’s ALICE report is the best calculation of the proportion of Michigan households that cannot afford basic necessities. That 40
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All you need to know about student loan defaults in two graphs
Earlier this year, I wrote a post breaking down newly released federal data on the student loan “crisis.” There were two big lessons that came
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The economic debate we should be having in the 2018 election
The preeminent challenge of our times is figuring out how to reverse what is being called the Great Decoupling. Where even when the economy is
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Where do kids learn the most critical 21st century skills?
Last week a friend forwarded me an article from Slate about the students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School who have emerged as new leaders
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Google, Business Leaders for Michigan and standardized tests
As we explored in my Google finds that STEM aren’t the most important skills post, Google determined that “the seven top characteristics of success at