Our View: Keep the Hotel Subsidy Out of the BCEC Expansion Bill

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Today (Thursday), the Massachusetts State Senate is planning…

WCVB Team 5 Reports on Pioneer’s Analysis of $92M Boston Fire Contract

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Pioneer Institute Executive Director Greg Sullivan appeared on…

The Globe on Common Core and Poetry

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It is not stereotyping poets to say that they burn with a particular…

Legislative Common Core Remedy No Panacea

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The next phase of the Great Game to control the minds of the…

A Fractured Testing Landscape

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One of the benefits of waking up at 3 am to do some work is that…

Another Misleading Attack on Charter Schools from the BTU

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A recent Boston Teachers Union e-bulletin grossly misrepresented…

Massachusetts to Default to Healthcare.gov, After Hail Mary to Save Its Exchange

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Yesterday Massachusetts officials announced plans to default…

Orchard Gardens Against the Machine

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Yvonne Abraham's column this week bemoaned the resignation of…

Building the Machine – a review

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What is Common Core?  How did it start--and who drove it?  Are…

Government Transparency: A Step Forward

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Governor Deval Patrick launched the MassResults web page to…

100+ Unanswered Questions about the Failed Connector ACA Website

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As a result of the failed Connector website, 160,000 Massachusetts…

What Reporters Think They Know about Common Core

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The public is ill-served by reporters who are no longer skeptical…

Watch “Building the Machine,” New Common Core Movie

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"Building the Machine" is an excellent primer on the fatal deficiencies…

Mass Connector Called Before Congress To Explain Failed Rollout

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Chris Cassidy at the Boston Herald is reporting that Jean Yang,…

Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum

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These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum's remarks…

Debunking Common Core Myths

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One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…

Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition

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While sunshine in government operations should be a 365-day calling,…

Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership

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Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership Education…

ACA Spiking Premiums in Massachusetts, More Than 300 Cancellations of Plans

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The Patrick Administration has been publicly touting that health…

Step it up, UMASS

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You've come a long way, baby! Or maybe not. It's been 42 years…

Setting the Record Straight on Common Core Part 2

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Pioneer Institute has been a prime mover in the debate over Common…

Common Core Math’s House of Hay

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More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…

The Dog Ate DCF’s Report Card

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It looks like the besieged folks down at the Division of Children…

Is the Commissioner of Education Complying with the Law?

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Twenty years after the passage of the landmark Massachusetts…

Video: Setting the Record Straight on Common Core

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There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on…

Who’s Responsible for the MBTA Retirement Fund

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It cannot have been a particularly merry Christmas for Stephen…

MassDOT’s Cost Savings Dead End

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In a joint press release praising the Transportation Reform…

Let’s Not Waver on Testing: An Open Letter to MA Education Commissioner

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In the letter below, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim…