Recently, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a new program that offers homes in the city’s 30,000-property land bank to employees of Detroit schools – both
In Lou’s work with Michigan Future, he has argued for years—and argues again in our recent report—that Michigan needs to come to grips with the
On Wednesday we released a report detailing our recommendations for how to redesign Michigan’s education system, birth through college. Our recommendations are based on the
We are constantly barraged with those claiming that low tax states have the best economies. And only slightly less so that getting a four year
In my last post I analyzed an important data set recently released by economist Raj Chetty and colleagues, that measures every college’s contribution to economic
By any measure, Jamilah Jackson is the kind of millennial Detroit needs now. The 2015 Wayne State University graduate is civic-minded, committed to mentoring younger
We at Michigan Future believe state leaders should raise living standards for all Michiganders with policies that boost educational attainment, strengthen cities that have potential
I considered making this a one sentence post. Read this David Leonhardt article for the New York Times entitled College for the Masses. Its a
The Pew Research Center has just released a terrific new report entitled “The Rising Cost of Not Going to College”. If you care about understanding
“Too much emphasis on a four-year degree, says Michigan Governor” was the headline of a recent Michigan Radio article. How distressing! The reality is that