This week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with Arif Panju, a managing attorney with the Institute for Justice and co-counsel in the U.S. Supreme Court school choice case, Carson v. Makin; and David Carson, the lead plaintiff. Panju shares the key legal contours of Carson v. Makin and the potential impact of the Court’s decision in favor of the plaintiffs.
This week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Dr. Celina Miranda, executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force in Jamaica Plain’s Latin Quarter, today one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Massachusetts.
This week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with David Hackett Fischer, University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University, and the author of numerous books, including Paul Revere’s Ride and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington’s Crossing. As America prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, they review key figures who helped secure independence from Great Britain, including Paul Revere, immortalized in Longfellow’s classic poem, and Founding Father George Washington, known among his contemporaries as the “indispensable man” of the revolutionary cause.
This week on “The Learning Curve,” Gerard and Cara talk with Dr. Marguerite Roza, Research Professor and Director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. Professor Roza describes the three distinct phases of how American K-12 education has been funded over the last 40 years, and implications for equity and overall student achievement.
Host Joe Selvaggi and Pioneer Institute’s Bill Smith talk with Valerie Sullivan, President and CEO of EtectRX about the health care costs of improperly taking prescriptions and the promise of smart pills to signal and track medicines when ingested.
Pioneer Institute Board Chairman Stephen Fantone introduces Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, who delivered the keynote address at the 2014 Better Government Competition Awards Dinner. Mayor Walsh discussed his key priorities, and technological innovations that his administration has successfully launched. A Q&A session followed his remarks. This event was held at the Boston Harbor Hotel on September 11, 2014. More information on the Competition can be found here.
Washington, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith delivered the keynote address for “District and Charter Early Childhood Ed: Lessons from D.C.,” a public forum held on July 31, 2014 in Boston, Mass.
Uwe Reinhardt speaks at the Pioneer Institute’s 2014 Hewitt Health Care Lecture: “What Just Happened & What’s Ahead for the Affordable Care Act.” Reinhardt is the James Madison Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics at Princeton University.
With the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher the world has lost a great champion of human liberty. Along with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Poland’s Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, Lady Thatcher is rightfully credited with helping defeat Soviet Communism and ending the Cold War. Video of Lady Thatcher in Poland 1988: [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADKFsQRl2s[/youtube] There is little doubt Margaret Thatcher was among the greatest political leaders of the 20th century. England and the world are more just places due to her courageous example. At Pioneer Institute, her life, good works, and friendship had a profound influence on our founder Lovett C. Peters.
Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios participated as a panelist at the 21st Century Brookline High Fund forum.
Enter Pioneer Institute’s 2013 Better Government Competition for your chance to win $10,000. Read the contest guidelines and details about the topic.
Pioneer Institute is thrilled to announce the second annual Ruth and Lovett Peters Fellowship, an opportunity for a current or recent graduate student with a passionate interest in education policy and strong entrepreneurial and analytic abilities.
Pioneer Institute hosted a forum on September 19, 2012 at the Omni Parker Hotel. “Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling” with keynote speakers Jocelyn Chadwick, author of The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn, who makes her return to Harvard this year, and Ron Powers, Pulitzer and Emmy Award winning Twain biographer and co-author of the bestseller, Flags of Our Fathers. [vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://vimeo.com/50257665[/vimeo] The event also featured a lively panel moderated by David Steiner, Dean, School of Education, Hunter College. Panelists included: Mark Bauerlein, Emory University; Robert Pondiscio, Core Knowledge Foundation; and Sandra Stotsky, University of Arkansas.[vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://vimeo.com/50004970[/vimeo] “Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in K-12 Schooling” with Noted Authors Jocelyn Chadwick & Ron Powers Related […]
[vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://vimeo.com/50264658[/vimeo] On September 24, 2012, Pioneer Institute held its annual Better Government Competition Awards Ceremony. Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute, and Robert Helms, Ph.D., American Enterprise Institute, winners of the 2012 Better Government Competition, accept their awards for their paper titled “Coordinated Care Management for Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries.”
On July 31, 2012, Pioneer held a public forum, “The Lawrence Reforms and School Choice,” featuring Lawrence Superintendent Jeffrey Riley and a panel of distinguished education experts, including SABIS Education System’s Jose Afonso, Phoenix Academy’s Beth Anderson, Boston University Professor Charles Glenn, and AFT-MA President Tom Gosnell. In this clip, Superintendent Riley presents his goals.
On July 31, 2012, Pioneer held a public forum, “The Lawrence Reforms and School Choice,” featuring Lawrence Superintendent Jeffrey Riley and a panel of distinguished education experts, including SABIS Education System’s Jose Afonso, Phoenix Academy’s Beth Anderson, Boston University Professor Charles Glenn, and AFT-MA President Tom Gosnell.
National education policy expert Jay Greene addressed a Pioneer Institute forum, “No More Know Nothing Laws: School Choice in Massachusetts,” on Thursday, March 15th, 2012 in Boston.
On March 1st, 2012, Pioneer welcomed education experts from across the country: Susan Patrick, CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning; Hanna Skandera, New Mexico Secretary of Education; Julie Young, President of Florida Virtual School; Healther Staker, Innosight Institute; as well as Martha Walz, Massachusetts State Representative; Michael Sentance, former New England Administrator, U.S. Department of Education; and Will Fitzhugh, Founder and Editor, The Concord Review. They discussed regulatory barriers to digital learning. Susan Patrick, CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning: [youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyHgLQSjZ9U&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Hanna Skandera, New Mexico Secretary of Education: [vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://vimeo.com/43176807[/vimeo]
[vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://vimeo.com/33534003[/vimeo] In this clip, Julie Young, Florida Virtual School, describes the phenomenal success of Florida Virtual School in making high-quality, online instruction accessible for over a hundred thousand K-12 students. This video was filmed at Pioneer’s Dec. 2011 event: “Virtual Schools, Actual Learning: Digital Education in America.” Julie Young, Florida Virtual School, Keynote Speaker
[vimeo height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://vimeo.com/32422784[/vimeo] Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, speaks with Jim Stergios, Executive Director of Pioneer Institute. Khan was the honoree at Pioneer’s 14th annual Lovett C. Peters Lecture in Public Policy. The lecture’s mission is to “encourage individuals of vision, to inform and enrich intellectual debate surrounding the great public issues of our day, and to honor individuals whose ideas or accomplishments have left a mark on our world.”
Pioneer Institute lays out seven steps to correct the Connector’s over-reliance on revenue generated from subsidized insurance products, and aid the small business community.
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