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The Urgency Of Imagination For Schooling Redesign

The urgency of imagination for schooling redesign

  • September 30, 2021
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Talent
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Success in today’s and tomorrow’s economy is largely dependent on having a set of skills that are critical in today’s workplace. At Michigan Future, we’ve been using a framework articulated by learning scientists Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff for these…

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A 21st Century Education – Technology Not Required

A 21st Century Education – Technology Not Required

  • September 24, 2020
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 1 Comment

This post originally ran in February 2017. We are rerunning it because of its relevance to the discussion we should be having about what post-pandemic education should looks like for all students. Whether in school or learning at home. Nearly…

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The Real Message From The Marshall Plan For Talent? Get A Four-year Degree

The real message from the Marshall Plan for Talent? Get a four-year degree

  • March 14, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 1 Comment

The Marshall Plan for Talent came with an implicit message to Michigan high school students: four-year degrees aren’t necessary to get ahead in tomorrow’s economy. Billed as a revolutionary approach to education, Governor Snyder envisions a competency-based system heavy on…

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What Does Deeper Learning Look Like?

What does deeper learning look like?

  • January 17, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
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At the core of our statewide education agenda released earlier this year is the idea that we need to shift to an education system in which the 6 Cs – collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence –…

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An Attempt To Measure What Matters

An attempt to measure what matters

  • November 8, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
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In our statewide education agenda released earlier this year, we call for a new set of foundation skills to be the focus of our education system. Based on the work of learning scientists Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff in…

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Transforming How We Pay And Develop Educators

Transforming how we pay and develop educators

  • June 14, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

In the report we released last week detailing our recommendations for how to reform Michigan’s education system, we dedicate an entire section to the one factor upon which just about everything else depends: the human capital working in and supporting…

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Building The 6 Cs And Earning College Degrees In Michigan

Building the 6 Cs and earning college degrees in Michigan

  • June 9, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

On Wednesday we released a report detailing our recommendations for how to redesign Michigan’s education system, birth through college. Our recommendations are based on the understanding that to thrive in today’s ever-changing knowledge economy, students need to develop a range…

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Our Recommendations For Redesigning Michigan’s Education System

Our recommendations for redesigning Michigan’s education system

  • June 7, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 1 Comment

Last month we released our first ever state policy agenda. In it we offered a set of recommendations for how we redesign our pre-K to 16 education system, create places where talent wants to live and work, and broadly share…

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