More and better parks can help position Detroit to attract more millennials
When my husband and I moved to a high-rise building near the Renaissance Center in Detroit in 2000, calling our new neighborhood “downtown” would be
New report shares the impact of over-incarceration on kids
At MFI, we were already supportive of prison reform that helps nonviolent criminals stay out of jail when appropriate, not least because doing time severely
Why do we want to be like those states?
In my last post we looked at evidence that the most prosperous non-energy states were those with the highest college attainment, not the lowest taxes.
Educational attainment and the American dream
Late last year, Stanford economist Raj Chetty and colleagues published an important set of data that measured just how many Americans achieve the American dream.
How Michigan fails black college students
As a member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, I have become very familiar with the various lists that organizations and publications compile
Low college attainment is hurting Michigan, and it’s worse for black students at Michigan colleges
The Education Trust just published a report that shows the sizable gap between African-American and white completion rates at America’s colleges. Overall, 63.2 percent of
