Archive for Tag Archives: ' jobs'
Michigan job forecast bright – for 2030
The Michigan economy is recovering. For those of you with weak hearts, let’s leave it at that. Spend a few minutes watching a kitten stuck in a hamster ball. For those of you still here: the [...]
Snyder team reads Bridge
Perhaps a bit lost in the post Thanksgiving haze, or pre-Christmas shopping rush, Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled last week his message and plans for upgrading the talent and opportunities in Michigan. For a complete text of [...]
Obama’s job advisers note skill mismatch
President Obama has a new report from his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. (Alert, it’s a 4MB report). Initiative Five in the report will be familiar to Bridge readers: Matching talent to the skills needed in [...]
Important news about your ‘life’
When I was running my newspaper company back in the go-go 1980s and ’90s, finding and hiring good talent was tough — especially at the wages we could afford. Michigan’s economy was on a roll. The [...]
Other states have tried to buy college results
Tying higher education funding to graduation rates, or even to certain types of degrees, may sound radical to Michigan policy-makers, but it’s been discussed and tried for years in other places. Here are some examples: Indiana: [...]
Climbing pole to $100,000 per year
When Michigan legislators seek guidance for the state’s economic woes, they may want to look up … they may just catch a glimpse of the future of workforce development. His name is Dan Kilgore, a 31-year-old from [...]
Schoolchildren shuttle across SE Michigan, raising questions about funding, community identity
"It's the continuing self-segregation of groups," said Booza, an assis
Fortress Grosse Pointe: In world of school choice, community says ‘stay out’
JJ, do you really have any knowledge of the Birmingham Public Schools?
Why are Michigan’s child abuse/neglect rates so high?
That the high number of abuse and neglect cases are most likely econom
Why are Michigan’s child abuse/neglect rates so high?
The trend towards increased levels of child abuse and neglect is distu
Guest commentary: Preschool funding boost praised, but there’s work to do for Michigan’s 0-3’s
This is just another scheme to replace parental responsibility. Why no