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¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ’s Missing 800,000 Middle-Class Jobs

Key takeaways Since the turn of the century, our state has experienced a precipitous decline in economic prosperity relative to the rest of the country. In 1999, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ ranked 16th in per-capita income. In 2023, we ranked 39th. And the slide shows no signs of slowing. What we have been doing over the past 25 […]

Redesigning education in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ – Conclusion

Over the past several weeks, I wrote a series of posts about the importance of educational attainment – both to our statewide economy and to individual economic mobility and prosperity –  and how we should be designing our K-16 education system to increase the number of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµders who attain bachelor’s degrees. This is the fourteenth […]

Redesigning education in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ – part 13: Policy levers to improve outcomes at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ community colleges

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be writing a series of posts about the importance of educational attainment – both to our statewide economy and to individual economic mobility and prosperity –  and how we should be designing our K-16 education system to increase the number of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµders who attain bachelor’s degrees. This is the […]

Redesigning education in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ part 12 – Improving completion rates at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ’s community colleges

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be writing a series of posts about the importance of educational attainment – both to our statewide economy and to individual economic mobility and prosperity –  and how we should be designing our K-16 education system to increase the number of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµders who attain bachelor’s degrees. This is the […]

Redesigning education in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ – Part 6: Building college-ready skills in K-12

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be writing a series of posts about the importance of educational attainment – both to our statewide economy and to individual economic mobility and prosperity –  and how we should be designing our K-16 education system to increase the number of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµders who attain bachelor’s degrees. This is the […]