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Moving Away From Standardized Testing

Moving away from standardized testing

  • August 14, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

As readers of this bog know we believe Michigan needs to move away from standardized testing. Anytime we make that case, the first question we get is “what is the alternative?” In a column for Bloomberg entitled Testing Craze Is…

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Are Low Wages Causing The Skilled Trades Shortages?

Are low wages causing the skilled trades shortages?

  • February 17, 2017
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog
  • 2 Comments

The Grand Rapids Business Journal recently published an op-ed and comment that lays out the two most likely reasons for more demand by employers for skilled trades workers in manufacturing and construction than there are qualified applicants for those jobs.…

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What I Want From My Daughter’s School

What I want from my daughter’s school

  • October 20, 2016
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

My older daughter just started preschool. I’ll tell you what I was looking for in a school—for this year and Kindergarten, and probably at least a few years beyond (I can only see so far!). I want the focus to…

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