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Visualizing the Megaregion (aka Detroit Matters)
In Michigan, collaboration across community borders has not been a recent strong suit. I’ve been at many a meeting where folks from the western part
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Morgan Stanley on achieving inclusive growth
Really interesting recommendations from Morgan Stanley and the Low Income Investment Fund on “investing in cities for inclusive growth”. Interesting because: A major financial services
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The real skills gap
Odds are, you’ve heard by now that there’s a serious skills gap in this country. And there certainly is one – though it’s just not
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21st Century skills: A confidence booster for college-bound students
In 2002, a coalition of corporate leaders representing organizations such as the AOL Time Warner Foundation, Apple, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft joined forces with the
Empowering immigrant leaders: A model from Nashville
Last week I wrote about how critical immigrant populations have been to those cities where a decades-long population decline has slowed or, in some cases,
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Distinguishing between high and low quality charter schools
As I feel a need to do every time I write about charter schools, Michigan Future is a long time supporter of charters and more