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A Bold New Michigan Playbook

A bold new Michigan playbook

  • March 16, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Public Investment
  • 0 Comments

Wow! Governor Whitmer's first budget is a bold new playbook for improving the quality of life and standard of living of Michiganders. At its core it rejects the notion that the lever that matters most to improving the well being…

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The Easy Part Of Education Reform

The easy part of education reform

  • December 14, 2016
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 5 Comments

At Michigan Future we spend a lot of time talking about how we can prepare Michigan students – all Michigan students – for the 21st century economy. This is an economy in which the returns to “highly-skilled” workers – who…

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More On Why School Funding Matters

More on why school funding matters

  • November 25, 2016
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 2 Comments

In my last post, I argued that we should be spending more on our k-12 schools. And I argued we should do that in order to provide for all students what parents of means make sure are provided for their…

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Money, Schools, And What Matters

Money, schools, and what matters

  • November 16, 2016
  • Patrick Cooney
  • Blog
  • 3 Comments

For years there’s been a persistent myth that school funding is unrelated to student outcomes. Politicians on both sides of the aisle decry the rising spending and stagnant test scores. It’s not the money, these politicians say, but how the…

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