Holding management accountable for school results
One of the main lessons we learned from our Michigan Future Schools initiative is, contrary to conventional wisdom, the core characteristic of pre K-12 schools
Finally rising household incomes
2015 turns out to be the year that a growing economy finally delivered rising incomes for low and middle income Americans and Michiganders. Median household income
Why a liberal arts degree holds value in the second machine age
I recently caught up with an old friend whose daughter graduated from high school this year. My friend’s pride in her high-achieving child was obvious,
$5.5 billion reasons Michigan should stop short-changing its cities
According to a 2016 Great Lakes Economic Consulting report entitled Michigan’s Great Disinvestment, 11 Michigan cities, one township, one county, and five school districts are in
Successful cities aren’t like the suburbs
Insightful L.A. Times op ed by Mark Vallianatos and Mott Smith entitled L.A. isn’t a suburb. We need to stop planning it like one. The three core characteristics of
Developing our first state policy agenda
UPDATE: We released our report: A Path to Good-paying Careers for all Michiganders: A 21st Century state policy agenda Click here to read it: https://www.michiganfuture.org/report-path-good-paying-careers-michiganders-21st-century-state-policy-agenda/ As
