MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Introducing MassAnalysis: Online tool for comparing communities

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Want to benchmark your community against its peers? Want to bring…

A run through the budget jungle

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There were some protesters outside the press conference where…

Help Us Sift through the MBTA’s Contract with Keolis

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Last March, French transportation company Keolis won a $2.6 billion…

Pioneer Institute Privacy Statement

This privacy policy sets out how Pioneer Institute uses and protects…

Why wasn’t the T funding snow storm preparation?

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Canceled commuter trains are becoming the norm leading to continued…

How is Keolis Fined for Late Commuter Rail Trains?

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Your toes are numb, the faces around you sullen and the service…

Study: Massachusetts Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession

Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…

STUDY: MA Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession

Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…

How an Obscure Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling Crippled Public Records Law

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Who's buried in Grant's tomb? What color was Napoleon's white…

What’s driving the state’s budget gap?

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With 2015 revenues off by a sliver ($18 million), the state is…

A tax on accumulated wealth?

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Pioneers tend to be people who read words carefully.  When the…

Our Transparency Resolutions for 2015

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A new year lies ahead, and with it comes new opportunities to…

Baker’s Dozen: A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor

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Pioneer Institute is pleased to present, “Baker’s Dozen:…

Study: Public Pension Liabilities Are Undervalued by Tens of Billions of Dollars

Historical Market Performance of Asset Classes Held by Retirement…

Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates on K-12 Education Policy

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K-12 education policy too often is the province of powerful special…

In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis

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Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…

BPS’ all-in adoption of PARCC is bad for kids, and is illegal

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A front page article by Jamie Vaznis in the Boston Globe…

We Now Have a Smart Exit Strategy from Common Core

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Rick Hess and Mike McShane back in the spring wrote in the…

Gov. Jindal’s Common Core Lawsuit Draws on Pioneer’s Research

BOSTON - The legal complaint issued by Governor Jindal’s office…

Study: MBTA Retirement Fund Failings a Cautionary Tale

Study Finds Poor Governance Structure, Lack of Accountability…

Biotech job creation estimates don’t add up

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Pioneer today released a new report entitled “Regaining Massachusetts’…

WCVB Team 5 Reports on Pioneer’s Analysis of $92M Boston Fire Contract

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Pioneer Institute Executive Director Greg Sullivan appeared on…

The Globe on Common Core and Poetry

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It is not stereotyping poets to say that they burn with a particular…

Another Misleading Attack on Charter Schools from the BTU

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A recent Boston Teachers Union e-bulletin grossly misrepresented…

Study Finds Poetry Slighted in Common Core English Standards

Significant overall reduction in time spent on classic literary…

2014 Hewitt Health Care Lecture: Miller & Reinhardt on the ACA

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Join us May 6th for an evening with national experts,Tom Miller and Uwe…

Building the Machine – a review

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What is Common Core?  How did it start--and who drove it?  Are…