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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
Orchard Gardens Against the Machine
Yvonne Abraham's column this week bemoaned the resignation of…
Building the Machine – a review
What is Common Core? How did it start--and who drove it? Are…
What Reporters Think They Know about Common Core
The public is ill-served by reporters who are no longer skeptical…
Watch “Building the Machine,” New Common Core Movie
"Building the Machine" is an excellent primer on the fatal deficiencies…
Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum
These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum's remarks…
Debunking Common Core Myths
One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…
Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership
Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership
Education…
Setting the Record Straight on Common Core Part 2
Pioneer Institute has been a prime mover in the debate over Common…
Common Core Math’s House of Hay
More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…
Fordham’s Petrilli Rodeo Clowning for ObamaCore, Gates $$, & the Great Society
Commentary magazine did a great blog about how Common Core is…
Is the Commissioner of Education Complying with the Law?
Twenty years after the passage of the landmark Massachusetts…
Video: Setting the Record Straight on Common Core
There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on…
Let’s Not Waver on Testing: An Open Letter to MA Education Commissioner
In the letter below, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim…
Free Movie Screening (Jan. 23): “The Ticket: The Many Faces of School Choice”
To celebrate National School Choice Week, please join Pioneer Institute for a special screening of the groundbreaking film “The Ticket: The Many Faces of School Choice.”
Why Common Core’s roll-out is as bad as ObamaCare’s (by Sandra Stotsky)
It's odd to observe just how oblivious the media have been to…
Will Michael Brickman, Tim Shanahan, Politifact, Fox News, and USA Today do some careful reading, please? (by Sandra Stotsky)
In How Common Core's ELA Standards Place College Readiness at…
Support for Common Core’s Fuzzy Math Doesn’t Add Up (by Sandra Stotsky)
Unless high school students can prepare for a calculus course…
Common Core, the Gettysburg Address & human intent
(H/t to Civil War Daily Gazette)
History will always be…
The Gettysburg Address at 150: Reflections from Civil War Historian James McPherson
Today, as the nation commemorates one of history's most famous…
Going Beyond in Lawrence, Mass.
Pioneer Institute believes that all kids deserve access to a…
Jim Stergios on Fox & Friends: Common Core lessons politicize classrooms
Jim Stergios discussed political propaganda in Common Core…
On Marc Tucker’s Credibility (by Sandra Stotsky)
In October, members of the New Hampshire legislature heard Marc…
6 Takeaways on New Orleans’ charter initiative
Earlier this week, at a Pioneer forum we had the pleasure of…
Needed: Matriculation exams tailored to each state’s higher education system
Several decades ago, self-appointed education reformers decided…
Announcing The Frederick Douglass Prize U.S. History Essay Contest
Your History Paper Could Win $2,500!
Announcing The Frederick…
Schizophrenia in the New York Times Editorial Office (by Sandra Stotsky)
The New York Times is suffering from a split personality about…
New York State Test Results: Uninterpretable But a Portent of the Future (by Sandra Stotsky)
In the original version of David Steiner's talk on the meaning…
Common Core is neither internationally benchmarked nor state-led
I have nothing against IHOP. I eat there if there is nothing…
9 Signs of Academic Rigor in English Standards (by Sandra Stotsky)
What makes one set of English language arts standards more rigorous…