Deemphasizing standardized testing
For years I have ben an advocate for using standardized tests as the prime way to evaluate the quality of K-12 schools and to hold
Jobs-altering technology
One of the new economic realities, that can’t be altered by politics or public policy, is that smarter and smarter machines are going to accelerate
Employment growth by education attainment
The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce is a constant source of outstanding analysis on the relationship between education attainment and employment and
Michigan jobs and pay by occupations continued
In this post I want to explore how many working Michiganders are not working full time year round and/or are in lower wage occupations. The
Michigan: 1969 and today
In our last post we looked at the unacceptable increase in poverty in Michigan that has occurred over the long term. From 1969 to 2014.
The changing nature of Michigan poverty
As we have written frequently, Michigan is now structurally a low prosperity state after having been a high prosperity state during the 20th Century. You
