The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind.
Jennifer GranholmOur economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.
Jennifer GranholmThose who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees.
Jennifer GranholmIn five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.
Jennifer Granholm