Needed: A Budget for Children, Youth and Families
June 27, 2014 — According to the recent release of the 2014 Children’s Budget from one of our great national partners, First Focus, we’ve spent right around eight percent of our federal budget...
View ArticleFour Things We Learned from This Year’s Primaries
August 6, 2014 – This year’s all-important primary election has come and gone and four themes emerged from the results: 1. The battle for the soul of the Michigan Republican Party has not been decided....
View ArticleThe Power of Our Vote
August 7, 2014 – Okay, I’ve admitted to you before that I love democracy – I love the power and the responsibility that comes with determining who will be making big decisions on my behalf, and...
View ArticlePolitics to Policy
August 7, 2014 – I’ll be the first to admit it. I hate politics. Being in the public policy field, people sometimes ask me if I ever think about running for public office. I just laugh. And never is...
View ArticleCCDBG Reauthorization a Huge Win
November 19, 2014 – Today, President Obama signed the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 into law. First, I think it’s important for us to recognize that though the general...
View ArticleThe Federal Role In Education Policy, ESEA Update
July 22, 2015 – We have heard a lot about the fact that for the first time since 2001, both chambers in Congress have passed their recommendations to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education...
View ArticleThe ESSA Needs Our Help to Make Every Student Succeed
December 11, 2015 – In previous blogs, we’ve outlined the federal role in education policy falling squarely on promoting quality and innovation and promoting equity – mitigating the impact of students’...
View ArticleVolunteer Your Time and Your Voice for Action
April 24, 2017 – National Volunteer Week is being acknowledged this week to celebrate the people who volunteer their time to make their communities better places to live. Primarily, when people think...
View ArticleWhat Do We Expect For Our Vote? Round 2
July 25, 2017 – Here we are again, getting much less out of our elected officials than we deserve. This time it is with our members of Congress, but similar thoughts run true to what I’d blogged about...
View ArticleCasting A Vote for Kids and Families
November 2, 2017 – I still remember the first time I ever voted – it was 2000, a waiter at a restaurant in Washington, DC passed a ballot to me, a first grader who had just learned the names of our...
View ArticleVote Like Our Future Depends On It
Sometimes we lose track of the fact that our democracy is just like a hiring process. We look at different candidates for the job of representing our priorities in decisions about how to spend tax...
View ArticleYou Don’t Know What Your Lawmakers Don’t Know
September 25, 2019 – At Michigan’s Children, we always remind you, our partners and supporters, that each of you have a unique understanding of the reality and impact of decisions made by state and...
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