Visualizing the Megaregion (aka Detroit Matters)
In Michigan, collaboration across community borders has not been a recent strong suit. I’ve been at many a meeting where folks from the western part
Morgan Stanley on achieving inclusive growth
Really interesting recommendations from Morgan Stanley and the Low Income Investment Fund on “investing in cities for inclusive growth”. Interesting because: A major financial services
The real skills gap
Odds are, you’ve heard by now that there’s a serious skills gap in this country. And there certainly is one – though it’s just not
21st Century skills: A confidence booster for college-bound students
In 2002, a coalition of corporate leaders representing organizations such as the AOL Time Warner Foundation, Apple, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft joined forces with the
Empowering immigrant leaders: A model from Nashville
Last week I wrote about how critical immigrant populations have been to those cities where a decades-long population decline has slowed or, in some cases,
Distinguishing between high and low quality charter schools
As I feel a need to do every time I write about charter schools, Michigan Future is a long time supporter of charters and more