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
As America confronts the reality of structural racism, it is clear that we must fundamentally reform policing now. It also is clear that redesigning policing
Paul Tough has a new op ed in the New York Times entitled Go Ahead, California, Get Rid of the SAT. It’s time for Michigan
We first wrote about welders in 2013. Its a topic we keep coming back to, most recently in a 2018 post entitled What skilled trades
Paul Tough’s excellent new book The Years That Matter Most explores how college entrance exams––SAT and ACT––impact who gets admitted to college. He does it
At my freshman year college orientation 30 years ago this month, a high-ranking university official asked students to look to their left and to their
There’s quite a bit that determines whether or not a student is successful in college. They need to have good study habits, be able to
As many readers know, in 2009 Michigan Future established the Michigan Future Schools (MFS) initiative, a high school accelerator designed to give start-up funding and
For the past several years, non-cognitive skills have been a dominant theme in education. While the concept has been around for some time, the current
In a recent blog, I wrote about UCLA Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion Tyrone C. Howard’s critique of educational theories that emphasize the importance
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