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 […]
Talent & Education
To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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
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?
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.
Replace Michigan’s prep test for aspiring teachers
Prospective teachers deserve a better exam, and something more: the development of the best teacher education possible and improved support in the classroom.
11 lessons learned from Michigan’s top high schools
The leaders of the state’s Top 11 high schools in this year’s Academic State Champ rankings offer advice on their success strategies and how to help low-income students achieve.