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Report From “Outsmarting The Robots”: Part 2

Report from “Outsmarting the Robots”: Part 2

  • December 13, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Last week I wrote about "Outsmarting the Robots: Redesigning education from the classroom to the halls of Lansing," an event we co-hosted in October with a number of great partners in Grand Rapids. (Click here for that part 1). Today…

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What Should Detroit High Schools Be Doing Differently? We Asked Some Of Their Alumni

What should Detroit high schools be doing differently? We asked some of their alumni

  • February 25, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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High schools that understand their mission to be the preparation of students who can be successful in any environment they choose after leaving high school--especially in pursuit of a college degree--also understand that they need data on how their alumni…

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Candidate Question: How Are You Going To Pay For It?

Candidate question: How are you going to pay for it?

  • August 24, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Public Investment
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Terrific column by editorial page editor of The Detroit News Nolan Finley entitled Where's the damn money?. Finley writes:  Pithy slogans won’t fill a single pothole. Nor will shirking from the reality that the state’s decades-long neglect of its infrastructure can…

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Education And Infrastructure Investments Drive Twin Cities’ Economy

Education and infrastructure investments drive Twin Cities’ economy

  • June 8, 2018
  • Rick Haglund
  • Blog, Public Investment
  • 0 Comments

Metro Minneapolis has built a diverse economy that is one of the wealthiest of any large metropolitan area in the country and has withstood deep national recessions. Median household income in the Twin Cities of $73,231 was the seventh highest…

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Where Do Kids Learn The Most Critical 21st Century Skills?

Where do kids learn the most critical 21st century skills?

  • May 2, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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Last week a friend forwarded me an article from Slate about the students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School who have emerged as new leaders of a pro-gun control movement. I had remarked that I was struck by their poise,…

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Homelessness And Michigan’s Children

Homelessness and Michigan’s Children

  • April 18, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

Last week I heard a sad but important interview with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and now founder of The Eviction Lab, an effort to compile and analyze eviction data nationally.…

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Shaping Our Future Together: Talent, Enthusiasm, Career Rock-climbing & Innovation History

Shaping Our Future Together: Talent, Enthusiasm, Career Rock-climbing & Innovation History

  • March 21, 2018
  • admin
  • Blog, Talent
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This blog is authored by Lucie Howell, Director of Learning and Engagement at The Henry Ford. We asked Lucie to author a post to help readers understand how different teaching and learning looks like when it is designed to prepare…

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How Are Michigan’s Women Doing? Not Great. (Part 2)

How are Michigan’s women doing? Not great. (Part 2)

  • January 26, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 0 Comments

On Wednesday I wrote about how women in particular are doing in Michigan's--and the world's--changing economy. I started by sharing data on single women-led households with children, who are more likely than not to be living in poverty. Then I…

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How Are Michigan’s Women Doing? Not Great. (Part 1)

How are Michigan’s women doing? Not great. (Part 1)

  • January 24, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Shared Prosperity
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Following a weekend in which, for the second year in a row, women around the world marched for a variety of issues affecting women and communities they care about, I thought it would be appropriate to spend a minute here…

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From The Swimming Pool To The Classroom: More Thoughts On Confidence

From the swimming pool to the classroom: more thoughts on confidence

  • January 3, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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In my last post, I walked us through the four levels of confidence that are described by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek in their book, Becoming Brilliant. They describe confidence as one of six of the most important capacities…

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