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A draft of a book entitled School Choice: The Cultural Logic of Families, the Political Rationality of Institutions, soon to be published by Teachers College Press, is receiving a lot of attention in new papers and in education circles- due to a widely circulated Harvard press release.

Pioneer Institute recently organized a roundtable for school officials to discuss their experiences with inter-district public school choice. The participants exchanged view s on the current state of the choice program in Massachusetts.

On May 23, 1995, a Pioneer Institute Forum addressed the debate currently raging over the proposed construction of a combined sports/ convention facility, or "megaplex," in Boston.

On January 23, 1995, Pioneer Institute Academic Advisory Board member, Professor Brigitte Berger, testified in Washington, D.C., before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight regarding welfare reform.

In Massachusetts, insurance companies are losing money on automobile insurance, some are paying massive penalties to leave, and almost all are ceding huge percentages of the policies. they underwrite to the residual market. More importantly, the price of insurance does not relate directly to the behavior of the driver, so higher risk drivers are not given appropriate incentives to drive with greater care. Insurance is underpriced for those drivers fortunate enough to be subsidized, by the rest.