Each December for 50 years I wrote a check to my alma mater, Wayne State University. I was proud to have earned my medical degree there, one of the few women in the graduating…
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We’ve had the pleasure of serving three Michigan governors from both political parties while heading the state’s Department of Community Health. In that role, we dealt with measles, tuberculosis and foodborne illness outbreaks, as well…
The 21st Century path to prosperity — to a broad middle class — is concentrating talent. Not factory jobs. Why? Because today’s mass middle class are professionals and managers who work in offices, schools and…
Last week I taught my preschool students how to make a fort. We pushed the table out so all 18 kids could fit. I turned off the lights, shoved our cubbies against the locked door…
There are many lessons to learn from the recent gun violence that led to the death of four Oxford High School students, not only the physical injury to many others, but the trauma and emotional…
The struggle to find consistent, quality child care has burdened working families since long before COVID-19 became part of our lives. But with staffing shortages and pandemic-related health scares, the problem has intensified, leaving parents…
“I love you.” I replied to my daughter’s text with a heart emoji. A gun. Is in the school Love you more Mom I am shaking What?? How do you know? We’re in ALICE Training…
If you pay attention to headlines, no doubt you’ve been reading about issues with how Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has carried out its conversations about our state’s new redistricting map. This is a process…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many asking for the science and data used to make policy decisions have faced nothing but roadblocks. The Mackinac Center is one such group. In May of 2020, we sent…
Educators knew. Policymakers often denied or ignored the issue. For a decade across the country, the teacher shortage quietly grew. In Michigan, the shortage was deepened by the lowest inflation-adjusted revenue increase of any state…