

Could college degrees save the lives of Michiganders?
We at Michigan Future Inc. have not been shy about sharing ample research that demonstrates the correlation between degree attainment and economic stability. It’s no


Google finds STEM skills aren’t the most important skills
Terrific Washington Post column on research done by Google on the skills that matter most to its employees success. Big surprise: it wasn’t STEM. The Post writes:


From the swimming pool to the classroom: more thoughts on confidence
In my last post, I walked us through the four levels of confidence that are described by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek in their


The path to good-paying careers without a BA ain’t what you think
In 1999 Michigan Future, Inc. did research to identify the pathway young adults in metro Detroit without a four-year degree took to obtaining good-paying jobs.


The problem with 3rd grade reading mandates
Over the past few years, the question of whether 3rd graders can read, and what we should do about it, has dominated education discussions, not


California more prosperous, Kansas less prosperous
Over the past decade or so we have been writing a lot about California and Kansas. Because California in the 00s was considered in permanent