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Lessons learned from the PISA
Another round of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) exam results was recently released, allowing researchers to compare education systems around the world. The
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Does toxic stress trump growth mindset and grit?
In recent blog, I wrote about the importance of grit and growth mindset – the belief that hard work can trump a person’s perceived innate
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Essential Art: Part One
Readers of MFI will know we have all recently read (or in some cases, re-read) Becoming Brilliant, which makes a strong case that the skills
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Welding isn’t the skill welders need most
I’m reading a new book on the so-called skills gap. Beyond the Skills Gap: Preparing College Students for Life and Work by University of Wisconsin
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The easy part of education reform
At Michigan Future we spend a lot of time talking about how we can prepare Michigan students – all Michigan students – for the 21st
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Is resistance to “college for all” racially-motivated?
In a December 2 Chronicle for Higher Education article, Scott Carlson questioned whether declining public support for programs that increase access to higher education is