
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

College attainment drives state per capita income
We are constantly barraged with those claiming that low tax states have the best economies. And only slightly less so that getting a four year

Standardized tests are harming our schools
The Michigan Department of Education recently came out with a new set of proposed accountability guidelines for Michigan schools, detailing how Michigan schools’ A through

Cuban says the future is grim for workers who don’t learn how to out-human robots
NHL great Wayne Gretzky famously described the secret for his success on the ice as his ability to “skate to where the puck is going

A True Detroit “Comeback” Means Leaving No One Behind
A recent post making the urbanist rounds asks, “Is Detroit Really Making a Comeback?” The authors’ research, which was just published in the journal Cities,

How much do people with two-year or four-year degrees earn? Here are the facts.
We hear frequently from employers and their political allies that many/most kids would be better off pursuing an occupational certificate or two year degree with