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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
2016 Hewitt Healthcare Lecture: “Facing Down the Opioid Crisis”
On April 20, 2016, Pioneer welcomed medical professionals, researchers,…
Remembering Barbara Anderson
Barbara Anderson’s passing marks the loss of a good friend…
Study: Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth?
Study: Requiring Drug Companies to Disclose Price Methodologies,…
Pulitzer Prize Winners To Be Featured At Event On Teaching Jacksonian Democracy In Schools
Student Essay Contest Winners Announced
Contact Jamie Gass,…
Public Statement: MA Senate Bill Ducks Moral Responsibility to Lead on Charter Schools
The Massachusetts Senate’s charter public school bill is disappointing…
Key considerations for regulating ridesharing in Massachusetts
Earlier this month, the most recent piece of legislation to come…
MBTA Transparency Is Now ‘Back on Track’
Today, the MBTA released its long-anticipated performance dashboard,…
Op-ed: State should revive US history requirement
To teach students how to exercise the rights and responsibilities associated with active citizenship in a democracy, Massachusetts should revive the requirement that public school students pass a US history MCAS test to graduate from high school.
Guest Opinion: Time to end Know-Nothing legacy once and for all
We should expel the Know-Nothings’ anti-Irish-Catholic amendment from the Massachusetts constitution, and remove bigoted Governor Gardner’s portrait from a position of prominence in our Statehouse.
Pioneer Calls for Creation of $20 Million Middle Cities Infrastructure Fund
Read news coverage in The Enterprise of Brockton.
Convention…
Sunshine Week 2016: Highlights from Pioneer’s Government Transparency Team
Each Sunshine Week, Pioneer shares highlights of its government…
Recent Ruling on MBTA Retirement Fund Major Victory for Transparency & Accountability
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald reported on an important…
Studies: Western Mass. Charter Schools Using Data to Improve Achievement
Case Studies Describe Best Practices Of Two Successful Western…
Benchmarking Tools For Municipal Officials – Budget Season Edition
Understanding how your community performs relative to its peers…
Column: The last of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’
Public school children are unlikely to read "The Last of the Mohicans," a masterpiece of American literature, thanks to Common Core's emphasis on "informational texts."
The Real Source of UMass R&D Spending
UMass issued a report and a press release Tuesday citing a record…
Time to End Mass. Legislature’s Self-Exemption from Open Meeting Law
PRESS RELEASE: Pioneer Contends the Legislature’s Self-Exemption…
New Study Reveals MBTA’s Reckless Financial Derivatives
Read coverage in The Bond Buyer: "MBTA Lost $236M in 15 Years…
National Survey Finds Limited Access To Price Estimates For Routine Hospital Procedure
Price for MRI of knee ranges from $400 to $4,544
BOSTON -…
Fordham’s PARCC v. MCAS Report Falls Short
Guest post by Richard P. Phelps
The Fordham Institute has long…
Presidents Day: The Innovative JQA
Guest Post by Jordan Harris
Although several Presidents have…
Study: Continuing Decline Over Last Decade In Massachusetts’ “Middle Cities”
Read news coverage of this report in The Springfield Republican, The…
Out-of-Control Administrative Staffing Budget Increases at the MBTA
With talk of fare hikes and ongoing performance problems, Pioneer…
Column: For the T, riders should come first
Excerpt from Jim Stergios' column in The Boston Globe.
REVIEWS…
Comparing Retirement Benefits for MBTA and other State Employees
Pioneer’s latest report, A $49 Million Sweetheart Deal: How…
Our Government Transparency Resolutions for 2016
While it's possible that 2016 will see an historic surge…
Guest Opinion: Don’t let Challenger disaster, space race become lost
(Note: This op-ed originally appeared on the anniversary of the…
A $49 Million Sweetheart Deal: MBTA Employee Sick Time Perk Enhances Pensions
Listen to the WRKO radio clip of Mary Connaughton interviewed…
Teaching U.S. Economic History In Schools Is Topic Of Pioneer Forum
Monday, January 25 event “Big Business & Big Labor” to…
Study: Charter Schools Delivering on Promise of Curricular Innovation
Mystic Valley and Advanced Math and Science Academy charter schools…