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Study: States Should Provide Parents With More Information About Homeschooling Options
Practice is growing rapidly; practitioners are becoming more…
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Aging, Technology Take Center Stage at 2017 Better Government Awards Gala
Last night, on an inspiring evening, against the backdrop of…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 26th Annual Better Government Competition
MIT AgeLab Founder, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…
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Study Explores Potential for Medical Voc-Tech Education in Catholic Schools
Programs could help stem enrollment declines, provide opportunity…
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Q & A on the Status of Senate Amendment 1031 (the Keenan/Pacheco Amendment)
On Thursday May 25, 2017, the Massachusetts Senate adopted an…
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Report Calls on FMCB to Seek Legislative Intervention on Projected 18-Year, $1.485 Billion T Pension Shortfall
New evaluation commissioned by MBTA projects T contributions…
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Op-ed: Shame on the Senate for undoing Pacheco Law exemption
By Jim Stergios JUNE 02, 2017
The MBTA has hundreds of…
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Op-ed: Marshall Plan brought U.S. to apex of power
By Jamie Gass
June 5, 2017
“The cost of war in human…
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Op-ed: Will district schools embrace charter-like reforms?
This op-ed appeared in CommonWealth magazine.
TOM BIRMINGHAM…
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Pioneer Experts Offer Contrasting Prescriptions For MA Healthcare
BOSTON - New policy briefs from Josh Archambault and Barbara Anthony, two senior fellows in healthcare at Pioneer Institute, offer differing prescriptions for how Massachusetts should navigate uncertainty in the healthcare market, as Congress debates the fate of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Public Statement On UMass Boston Finances
According to a State House News Service story yesterday, Education…
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Op-ed: Neglect creates pension tsunami
A version of this op-ed appeared in The Berkshire Eagle, The…
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Celebrating National Charter Public Schools Week
Great charter public schools are about great leadership. Charters…
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Study Applauds State Decision To Let Healthcare Spending Benchmark Decrease
Calls on policy makers to continue pursuing efforts to trim healthcare…
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2017 Hewitt Healthcare Lecture: Innovations In The Massachusetts Healthcare Market
BOSTON - While efforts to revise the federal healthcare law continue,…
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Pioneer is critical because UMass is critical
The University of Massachusetts system is critical to the future…
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So you want to know something about pensions?
Now anyone can become a local pension system expert...
A…
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Study Estimates $27 Million In Savings Annually From Consolidation Of Public Pensions
Local retirement systems generate heavy costs, larger fiduciary…
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Op-ed: UMass leaders fail Boston campus
By Greg Sullivan Friday, April 14, 2017
The University of…
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Op-ed: Why Mass. must not let up on testing students
By Tom Birmingham APRIL 13, 2017
Massachusetts’ story…
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Follow-Up Survey Finds Hospitals Still Fall Short On Price Transparency
Estimated price of routine procedure at 21 Massachusetts hospitals…
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Commemorating The 100th Anniversary Of U.S. Entry Into World War I
On Tuesday, April 4th, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for…
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Study: Evidence Suggests MBTA Pension Low-Balled Costs And Liabilities
Quarter-century of data shows costs at up to six times valuation…
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Teaching The First World War In Schools Is Topic For Pioneer History Forum
Event to feature Pulitzer Prize winner, celebrated Pres. Wilson…
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Finance Committee & Town Meeting Members: Benchmarking Tools for the FY2018 Budget Season
Understanding how your community performs relative to its peers…
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“The War to End All Wars”: Teaching the First World War in Schools
Please join Pioneer Institute, the United States World War…
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Putting The T On A Clear Path To High Performance
Pioneer Institute recently submitted public testimony to the…
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Study Finds MBTA Had Nation’s Highest Bus Maintenance Costs In 2015
Reducing costs to average of the most similar U.S. transit systems…