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Our View: Keep the Hotel Subsidy Out of the BCEC Expansion Bill
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Today (Thursday), the Massachusetts State Senate is planning…
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WCVB Team 5 Reports on Pioneer’s Analysis of $92M Boston Fire Contract
Pioneer Institute Executive Director Greg Sullivan appeared on…
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States Should Adopt Stand-Alone Teacher Licensure Test in Reading Linked to Common Core
States Should Adopt Stand-Alone Teacher Licensure Test in Reading…
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Study: New Technology, Relaxation of Protections Threaten Student Privacy
Press Release: Study Finds That New Technology, Relaxation of…
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Another Misleading Attack on Charter Schools from the BTU
A recent Boston Teachers Union e-bulletin grossly misrepresented…
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Massachusetts to Default to Healthcare.gov, After Hail Mary to Save Its Exchange
Yesterday Massachusetts officials announced plans to default…
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Study Finds Poetry Slighted in Common Core English Standards
Significant overall reduction in time spent on classic literary…
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Statement on Proposed City of Boston – Fire Department Collective Bargaining Agreement
This post was updated on May 7, 2014.
Pioneer Statement on…
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Common Core English and Math Standards Not Properly Validated
Study Finds Common Core English and Math Standards Not Properly…
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2014 Hewitt Health Care Lecture: Miller & Reinhardt on the ACA
Join us May 6th for an evening with national experts,Tom Miller and Uwe…
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Building the Machine – a review
What is Common Core? How did it start--and who drove it? Are…
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100+ Unanswered Questions about the Failed Connector ACA Website
As a result of the failed Connector website, 160,000 Massachusetts…
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Mass Connector Called Before Congress To Explain Failed Rollout
Chris Cassidy at the Boston Herald is reporting that Jean Yang,…
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Debunking Common Core Myths
One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…
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Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition
While sunshine in government operations should be a 365-day calling,…
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Convention Center Expansion Pricetag: $5 Billion in Foregone Revenue
Convention Center Expansion Would Cost About $5 Billion in Foregone…
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Setting the Record Straight on Common Core Part 2
Pioneer Institute has been a prime mover in the debate over Common…
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Match Charter Residency Program Effective Teacher Training Model
Report Finds Match Charter Residency Program an Effective Model…
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The Dog Ate DCF’s Report Card
It looks like the besieged folks down at the Division of Children…
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The End of the Line for the MBTA Retirement Fund?
Without Taxpayer Support, MBTA Retirement Fund Would Become Insolvent…
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Is the Commissioner of Education Complying with the Law?
Twenty years after the passage of the landmark Massachusetts…
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Video: Setting the Record Straight on Common Core
There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on…
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Who’s Responsible for the MBTA Retirement Fund
It cannot have been a particularly merry Christmas for Stephen…
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Matching Students to Excellent Tutors
Research Finds Match Charter-Like Tutoring Programs Should Be…
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Study Calls for MBTA Employees to Be Transferred to State Pension System
Despite claims to the contrary, overly generous benefits, early…
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MA Retirement Systems in Critical Condition, Fiscal Risks Remain High
Expert Testimony: Several Retirement Systems in Critical Condition,…
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Let’s Not Waver on Testing: An Open Letter to MA Education Commissioner
In the letter below, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim…
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Study: Reduce Privacy Leaks to Achieve Full Potential of Electronic Health Records
Press Release: Study Finds That Focus on Reducing Privacy Leaks…
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Massachusetts Pension Funding Deal Less than Meets the Eye
Do pension funding changes display true fiscal responsibility or just election-year window dressing?
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Pulitzer Prize Winners, Voter Registration Legend Featured at Event on Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
Two Pulitzer Prize winners will be among those featured at a Pioneer Institute education reform forum, "America in the Age of MLK: Teaching the Civil Rights Movement in Schools," marking the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.