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A District In Alignment: What Now? Ep. 8 With Scot Graden

A District In Alignment: What Now? Ep. 8 with Scot Graden

  • March 11, 2021
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent, What Now? Video Interviews
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Our guest today has led a district that, for over a decade, has been moving towards a skills-based approach to learning, rather than a purely content-based approach. Scot Graden is the very recently retired superintendent of Saline Area Schools, a…

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Upgrading An Outdated Education System: What Now? Ep. 2 With David Britten

Upgrading an Outdated Education System: What Now? Ep. 2 with David Britten

  • November 19, 2020
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, What Now? Video Interviews
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Just a few years before his retirement, superintendent David Britten knew that there was something our education system wasn't getting right. He felt then that, "I know what learning is about, but I don't know how to package that into…

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The Economic Well-being Of Michiganders Is Getting Worse: Part 2

The economic well-being of Michiganders is getting worse: Part 2

  • April 4, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
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When broad economic prosperity is your goal--when you want to see all households growing in income and financial stability--what you measure really matters. Michigan Future has put together a very clear set of up-to-date data that paint the picture of…

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Explaining persistent low education attainment

  • June 11, 2015
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
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Insightful blog by Marc Tucker CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy. Tucker's topic is why America for decades has failed to reverse its standing as an international laggard in student achievement. Its not that that reality…

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On the wrong track: Michigan education policy

  • April 10, 2014
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
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Two new reports make clear again that Michigan is on the wrong track when it comesĀ  to education policy. Both k-12 and higher education. Given the increased alignment between education attainment and state economic prosperity, getting education policy right should…

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