MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: “Lift Cap on Urban Charters”

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By Nina Rees and Gerard Robinson As former federal and state…

New Report: Medical Device Tax Will Cost MA Employers $422 Million+ Per Year

New Report Estimates Medical Device Tax Will Cost Massachusetts…

ACA’s Alice in Wonderland Twist: HHS Unilateral Delay of Regulations

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A recent decision by HHS illustrates the arbitrary nature…

Upholding the Spirit of Boston

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We at Pioneer are thankful that our loved ones are safe. …

‘Runaway’ costs on rail & T

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http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/runaway_costs_on_rail_t http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/12/report-mbta-spending-out-of-control-on-employee-pay/ http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/21951093/2013/04/12/report-mbta-salaries-far-above-other-state-agencies The…

New Report: Runaway Transportation Costs

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Pioneer's new research director (former state Inspector General)…

Open the Boston taxicab “market” to competition

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The Boston Globe's Spotlight team has done a great job uncovering…

Jamie Gass on Common Core National Standards

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Jamie Gass, Pioneer Institute’s Director of School Reform,…

Sandra Stotsky Discusses Common Core

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Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas,…

Untold Story of Small Biz Delay under ACA, Just Déjà Vu from Massachusetts

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The revelation that the Obama Administration will delay the roll…

Mourning Lady Thatcher

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With the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher the world has lost a…

James McPherson, “The Legacy of Lincoln”

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian and Princeton University…

Gerard Robinson, Keynote Speaker

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Gerard Robinson, former Virginia Secretary of Education,…

Pioneer Institute Charter Forum, featuring Nina Rees

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Nina Rees, president of National Alliance for Public Charter…

Hewitt Health Care Lecture 2013: “Who Controls Health Care Costs? And How?”

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Hewitt Health Care Lecture 2013: “Who Controls Health Care…

Common Core Facts

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Who developed Common Core's standards? Three private organizations in Washington DC: the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc.—all funded for this purpose by a fourth private organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Claims and Facts about Common Core

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Successful removal of the Common Core State Standards requires parents, educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders to have facts about what the standards are and what they are not. The following Claims and Facts address Common Core myths about the development, intent, content, and implementation of the standards.

One-Page Primer on Common Core: Quality

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When President Obama unveiled his “Race to the Top” (RttT) initiative in 2009, the idea was to award $4.35 billion in federal grant money to states to replicate policies that boosted student achievement. That quickly changed and the federal money was instead used to persuade states to adopt administration-backed nationalized K-12 English and math standards and tests.

Will Mass Unmerge Insurance Marketplace Because of ACA?

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I have written numerous times about the impact that the ACA…

Runaway Transportation Costs

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Recent news demonstrates that the state’s transportation system has problems that go beyond a shortage of funding. The Boston Herald has reported that the MBTA doesn’t make public information available about how much they are paying out in pension benefits and who is receiving benefits.

First Do No Harm: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts’ Medical Device Industry

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This brief is one of many in a series from Pioneer Institute examining the direct effects of the PPACA on Massachusetts. The purpose of this report is to estimate the annual impact of the law’s tax on the 19 biggest medical device companies conducting business in Massachusetts.

Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools

The collective grasp of basic history and civics among American students is alarmingly weak. Beyond dispiriting test results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and other measures, poor performance in history and civics portends a decay of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for a lifetime of active, engaged citizenship.

Boston Herald op-ed: Legislature must open up on spending

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Legislature must open up on spending  Monday, April 1, 2013 By: Mary…

Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time: A Transcript of Remarks Delivered by Civil War Historian James McPherson

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When Abraham Lincoln breathed his last at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton intoned: "Now he belongs to the ages."