

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


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


Medicaid work requirements reduce opportunity for Michigan families
In our 2018 state policy agenda, we write that the state needs a strong social safety net in order to promote opportunity for Michigan families.


Stop whining, raise wages
So says Neel Kashkari, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Specifically Business North reports he said in a recent speech: “Almost everywhere I


Homelessness and Michigan’s Children
Last week I heard a sad but important interview with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and


The BA wage premium keeps growing
The chart below makes clear, once again, that those with a four-year degree or more earn the highest wages. And that advantage is growing. Unabated