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Kudos To CHIA On Major Step Toward Greater Healthcare Price Transparency
Pioneer applauds the Center for Health Information and Analysis…
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Public Statement: The State Legislature’s Answer to the Janus Decision: The Employee Coercion & Intimidation Act
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Pioneer has previously referred to a “Tammany Hall-like nexus”…
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Report Recommends Alternatives to Drug Pricing Transparency Legislation
Value-based reimbursement, focus on middlemen in drug distribution…
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Reading great literature like ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ helps students become great readers
This op-ed appeared in The Daily Caller, The Berkshire Eagle,…
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Survey Shows Wide Variation in Both Overall Cost of Medical Procedure and Amount Paid by Consumers
Making all-payer claims data public could put downward pressure…
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Study: Boston-Area Communities Should Loosen Restrictions for Accessory Dwelling Units
Additional units could help ease housing shortage
BOSTON—A…
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New Study Warns of Emergence of Two-Tiered Public Education System in Massachusetts
Contact Jamie Gass, 617-723-2277 ext. 210 or jgass@pioneerinstitute.org
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Op-ed: Mass. has to return to its high standards for education
By Thomas F. Birmingham and William F. Weld JULY 05, 2018
Its…
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Inspired by America’s past, facing future challenges
As we celebrate America’s birth, we are reminded that this…
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Public Statement: Janus v. AFSCME Decision
Pioneer Institute applauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion…
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Study: No Longer A City On A Hill: Massachusetts Degrades Its K–12 History Standards
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education…
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Public Statement: SJC Decision on Prop 80
Pioneer Institute and its public-interest law initiative, PioneerLegal,…
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Poll: Parents, Teachers, Legislators Support Reinstating Passage of U.S. History MCAS Test as High School Graduation Requirement
Strong majorities of parents, history and social studies teachers,…
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Policy Brief: UMass Has a Spending Problem
Author: Greg Sullivan
Date: 6/6/2018
Pioneer's Director of…
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Public Statement: Admission Bias Against Massachusetts Residents
Freshman admission to the University of Massachusetts’ flagship…
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Troubling takeaways from the SJC ruling on charter schools
These would be the best of times for Boston public charter…
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Study: UMass Amherst Admissions Standards Now Higher for MA Students than Non-Residents
Freshman admission to the University of Massachusetts’ flagship…
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Pioneer’s Rebuttal to Professor Cristobal Young’s Reply
Pioneer Institute's Greg Sullivan offers a rebuttal to Stanford…
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Study: Methodology of Noted “Millionaire’s Tax” Researcher Excludes Vast Majority of Millionaires
The work of a Stanford University Professor whose research has…
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Study Finds MA Inter-District School Choice Program a Success, but Should Be Updated
Policy makers should raise tuition rate, cap on program enrollment
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Time to End MA State Legislature’s Exemption from Public Records Law
The purpose of transparency laws is to promote more effective,…
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Study: MA Private & Religious School Students Denied Federally Funded Special Education Services
Despite federal laws to the contrary, state education agency…
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MA Health Insurers Have Made Good Progress in Price Transparency, But Significant Work Remains
Read press coverage of this report in the Boston Business Journal and…
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Op-ed: Time is right to study Jefferson in our schools
By Jamie Gass and Will Fitzhugh
"Students of reading, writing,…
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Public Statement: Pioneer Institute Questions UMass Amherst’s Purchase of Mt. Ida Campus
Between September 2015 and the fall of 2017, Pioneer Institute…
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Press Release: Birmingham Touts 1993 Ed Reform Act’s Success, Expresses Concerns about Recent Policies
BOSTON - Massachusetts Education Reform Act co-author and former…
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Time to End Legislative Exemptions from Public Records & Open Meeting Laws
Under Massachusetts law, the state Legislature is not considered…
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Draft History and Social Studies Frameworks Continue Trend Toward Dumbing Down Public School Content
Weaker ELA and math standards have already produced declines…
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Inadequate Inflation Adjustment Factor Will Subject Increasing Numbers of People to So-Called “Millionaires” Tax
Would take particular toll on those relying on home value appreciation…
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New entry deadline: March 30th! Enter the 2018 Better Government Competition: “Making Higher Education & Career Training Options Affordable & Effective”
Each year, the Better Government Competition focuses on one…