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Segregation And Structural Racism

Segregation and structural racism

  • June 22, 2020
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
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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 is not enough. We need to put on the table topics that have been off…

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How Important Are Standardized Test Scores To Life Outcomes?

How important are standardized test scores to life outcomes?

  • March 28, 2018
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Last week, the Equality of Opportunity Project, led by Stanford economist Raj Chetty, released another study in their ongoing series on mobility in America. This one was particularly sobering. The headline: black males raised in wealthy households (the top quintile…

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Incentivizing Detroit Homeownership For Teachers Could Boost Student, Community Outcomes

Incentivizing Detroit homeownership for teachers could boost student, community outcomes

  • August 9, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Place Making, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Recently, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a new program that offers homes in the city's 30,000-property land bank to employees of Detroit schools - both traditional and charter - at a 50 percent discount. The idea is to attract educators…

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Educational Attainment And The American Dream

Educational attainment and the American dream

  • March 15, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Late last year, Stanford economist Raj Chetty and colleagues published an important set of data that measured just how many Americans achieve the American dream. They define the American dream as the ideal that a child will earn more money,…

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Michigan Colleges And Economic Mobility, Part 2

Michigan colleges and economic mobility, part 2

  • February 15, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 3 Comments

In my last post I analyzed an important data set recently released by economist Raj Chetty and colleagues, that measures every college’s contribution to economic mobility in America. I looked at the percentage of the poorest students in each cohort…

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Are Michigan Colleges Serving As Engines Of Economic Mobility?

Are Michigan colleges serving as engines of economic mobility?

  • February 7, 2017
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 0 Comments

I’m generally not a fan of measuring a college’s value by the incomes of their graduates. If a high proportion of a school’s alumni enter a lower-paid field like social work, I don’t think this should count against the college.…

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Integration and increasing mobility

  • July 16, 2015
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog
  • 0 Comments

Income mobility in American is declining. Increasingly what your parents earn predicts what you will earn. Certainly not consistent with the core American value of equal opportunity. As President Obama said in his second Inaugural Address: “We are true to our…

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