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…

How Colleges Are Dumbing Our Kids Down, Too, and What We Can Do About It

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It’s not just Common Core’s standards and the curriculum…

Possible Civil and Criminal Offenses During ACA Implementation?

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The transition to a new healthcare exchange in Massachusetts…

Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates on K-12 Education Policy

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K-12 education policy too often is the province of powerful special…

State Internal Docs Contradict Gov. Patrick: Show $1B Price Tag for ACA Transition

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Governor Patrick has now called our Health Connector cost estimate…

In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis

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Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…

An Open Letter to Governor Deval Patrick about Healthcare Cost Overruns

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This letter was sent via email to the Patrick Administration…

Those Mathematical Societies That Supposedly Endorsed Common Core’s Standards Didn’t

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Stanford University mathematics professor R. James Milgram included…

For transparency advocates, with friends like Galvin …

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A report in the Globe last week made public what those who deal…

The Ugly Truth About State Healthcare Costs

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Last week, Pioneer Institute released a report showing that the cost…

Public Statement on the New MBTA Union Contract

PIONEER INSTITUTE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE NEW MBTA UNION CONTRACT Yesterday,…

The Health Connector Authority Protesting Too Much

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In FY2011, the year prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act,…

Deval’s Big Dig: Responding to the Governor on Connector Report

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When we talk about the Big Dig, we talk in big, round numbers.…

BPS’ all-in adoption of PARCC is bad for kids, and is illegal

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A front page article by Jamie Vaznis in the Boston Globe…

Doubling Down on Doublespeak

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This past week, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by…

Celebrating Great Ideas: The Better Government Competition Awards Dinner

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Pioneer Institute Hosts 23rd Annual Better Government Competition Boston…

We Now Have a Smart Exit Strategy from Common Core

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Rick Hess and Mike McShane back in the spring wrote in the…

6 Reasons Gov. Patrick Should Veto the Convention Center Expansion Bill

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Pioneer Institute's Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a…

Pioneer Institute Statement on Senate Charter School Cap Lift Vote

The Senate Turns Back the Clock Today, the Massachusetts State…

Representative misrepresenting

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Chalk this one up to elected officials representing people other…

Is ELD Hiding Its Real Performance?

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The Executive Office of Elder Affairs (ELD) is an agency within…

On Common Core, a Study in Contrasts

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In a front-page article in June, the Washington Post featured…

7 Major Differences between No Child Left Behind and Common Core/Race to the Top

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1. Focus of Accountability: Schools or Teachers Under No Child…

Uber Against the World

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Of all the ridesharing services under the public microscope today,…

Massachusetts Charter Schools: “A Fire You Can’t Put Out”

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This past week, at the urging of state K-12 education commissioner…

Open Letter: Regarding Reform of the MBTA Retirement Fund

The past year has seen the MBTA Retirement Fund mired in scandals…