Our new metro Minneapolis case study
Last year we published our first-ever state policy recommendations. Our motivation for doing so is a sense of urgency that across the political spectrum we
What skilled trades jobs actually pay updated
Our second most read post recently is a 2016 post on what skilled trades jobs pay. I wrote the 2016 post because I was then––and am
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,
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
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
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
