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Our Letter to the Open Meeting Advisory Commission
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Public trust and citizen engagement is fundamental in a healthy…
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Extend Private Transportation Innovation to the Suburbs
This past year, Boston and Bridj celebrated a transportation…
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COMMENTARY: More is needed to fix the MBTA
Read this op-ed in The Patriot Ledger, the Brockton Enterprise,…
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Study: Common Core & 2 Testing Consortia Violate Federal Laws, Unlikely to Improve Academic Achievement
Study: Common Core and Two Testing Consortia Violate Federal…
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Join us 7/31: “Know-Nothings’ Nativism, Catholic Education, and School Choice”
In the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling against the…
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Study: “Pacheco Law” Has Cost MBTA At Least $450 Million Since 1997
Report presented to legislative leaders and state budget conferees…
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Pioneer Institute Public Statement on MBTA Reforms in the Budget
Last night, the legislature put the public interest ahead of…
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Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester Should Recuse Himself from Upcoming Decision on PARCC & MCAS
BOSTON - Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell…
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Boston Business Journal ViewPoint: MBTA reform spotlights arbitration issues
As the General Court deliberates on the budget and reforms at…
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Highlights from the 24th Annual Better Government Awards Gala
Watch video clips below of Pioneer Institute's 24th Annual…
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Report Showing MBTA Pension Fund Performance “Too Good To Be True” Reinforces Pioneer Research
BOSTON - Stories in The Boston Globe ("Madoff whistle-blower:…
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Pioneer Institute Statement on MBAE PARCC/MCAS Study
Recently, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE)…
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Pioneer and You – Together We Can Fix the T
Pioneer has been attacked in a recent radio (WBZ, WEEI, and elsewhere)…
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Survey: Price Information Difficult to Obtain From Massachusetts Hospitals
View media coverage of this report on WCVB-TV 5 Investigates:…
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Fixing Our Troubled Justice System – 2015 Better Government Awards Gala
This Wednesday evening, Pioneer Institute is recognizing the…
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Final, Binding Arbitration Major Obstacle to MBTA Accountability & Performance
Uniquely unaccountable arbitration at MBTA, if unchanged, will…
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New Report: The Successes and Challenges of Educating Military-Connected Children
Study finds college and career readiness focus of Common Core…
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Press Release: New Book Aims to Make Mass. National Leader in Economic Mobility
Calls for changes in education, healthcare, the delivery of public…
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Press Release: Pioneer’s Jamie Gass Honored by the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies
BOSTON - Pioneer Institute is proud to announce that our Director…
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Inmate Vocational Training, Improved Re-entry Programs and Officer Magnet School Win 2015 Better Government Competition
Top Criminal Justice Reform Proposals To Be Highlighted at June…
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6 Ways to Improve Government Transparency
Mary Connaughton, Pioneer Institute's Director of Government…
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A Step Closer to the First-Class Transit System Massachusetts Deserves
This week, a Finance Control Board for the MBTA won the support…
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There Is Little Appeal to the Current Use of Binding Arbitration at the T
Eliminating final and binding arbitration at the MBTA is key…
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Testimony: Why Pioneer Supports MBTA Reform
Pioneer Research Director Greg Sullivan and Senior Fellow Charles…
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Press Release: Whistleblowers’ Behind-the-Scenes Account of Health Connector Meltdown
UPDATE: Read news coverage of this report in The Wall Street…
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Two Pulitzer Prize Winners to Be Featured at Event on Teaching World War II in Schools
UPDATE! Below are some video clips from this event:
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"Never…
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Former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis to Keynote 2015 Better Government Awards Gala
Former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis to Keynote 2015…
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Status Report on the Job Creation Impact of the Life Sciences Act of 2008
This is the second in a continuing series of status reports published…
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Connaughton, Sivolella: Challenging the Legislature’s Secrecy
By Mary Z. Connaughton and John Sivolella
Guest Columnists
This…
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Innovative Approaches to Developing Effective Teachers
Pioneer Institute study looks at charter public school successes beyond…