NEXT: Click here to go to 2000 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1995 was $52,933, with families spending 20.1% of their income on public university ($10,628 sticker price, annually) or 50% on private university ($26,487 sticker price, annually). Also in 1995… Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment, becoming the last […]
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To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
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College costs: 1990
NEXT: Click here to go to 1995 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1990 was $54,235, with families spending 16.6% of their income on public university ($9,030 sticker price, annually) or 44.3% on private university ($24,049 sticker price, annually). Also in 1990… General Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces in […]
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College costs: 1985
NEXT: Click here to go to 1990 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1985 was $51,963, with families spending 16.1% of their income on public university ($8,427 sticker price, annually) or 37.2% on private university ($19,342 sticker price, annually). Also in 1985… WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden Coca-Cola changes […]
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College costs: 1980
NEXT: Click here to go to 1985 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1980 was $50,881, with families spending 14.9% of their income on public university ($7587 sticker price, annually) or 32.1% on private university ($16,339 sticker price, annually). Also in 1980… The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the […]
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College costs: 1975
NEXT: Click here to go to 1980 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1975 was $51,923, with families spending 14.2% of their income on public university ($7,938 sticker price, annually) or 31.7% on private university $16,475 sticker price, annually). Also in 1975… John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman […]
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A tale of two schools in Michigan’s resort paradise
A rural school district in Cheboygan County and a more affluent one in Harbor Springs underscore the role money can play in student performance.
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Postcard from paradise: Not a book learner, but put a torch in his hands and sparks fly
NEXT POSTCARD: At Coolhouse Labs, a native son incubates startups in Harbor Springs → In certain high school classes, Mike Kibbe might as well have been from the moon. Shakespeare? He makes a whistling sound, pointing to one ear with his forefinger and continuing the motion past the other. “It just went in one ear […]
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Two Michigans gaze across a widening gap
You could hardly find a purer slice of Pure Michigan than the tip of the Lower Peninsula. But as the wealthy prosper alongside blue bays, those who live here year-round find life tougher to navigate
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Good school. Struggling school. All in the same district.
Some Michigan school districts have top-rated schools, along with some of the worst. If poverty doesn’t explain the gap, what does?
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Correction: Error in elementary school analysis for Academic State Champs
A computer programming error resulted in two Michigan elementary schools being left off the list of 2014 State Champs. The error also slightly changes the individual rankings of some schools.