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New Study Reveals MBTA’s Reckless Financial Derivatives
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Read coverage in The Bond Buyer: "MBTA Lost $236M in 15 Years…
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National Survey Finds Limited Access To Price Estimates For Routine Hospital Procedure
Price for MRI of knee ranges from $400 to $4,544
BOSTON -…
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Study: Continuing Decline Over Last Decade In Massachusetts’ “Middle Cities”
Read news coverage of this report in The Springfield Republican, The…
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Out-of-Control Administrative Staffing Budget Increases at the MBTA
With talk of fare hikes and ongoing performance problems, Pioneer…
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A $49 Million Sweetheart Deal: MBTA Employee Sick Time Perk Enhances Pensions
Listen to the WRKO radio clip of Mary Connaughton interviewed…
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Teaching U.S. Economic History In Schools Is Topic Of Pioneer Forum
Monday, January 25 event “Big Business & Big Labor” to…
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Study: Charter Schools Delivering on Promise of Curricular Innovation
Mystic Valley and Advanced Math and Science Academy charter schools…
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Study: Health Care Costs on Course to Threaten Livelihood of Most American Families
Read news coverage of this report in the Springfield Republican.
Percentage…
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Study: Mass. Charter Public Schools Boosting Achievement for English Language Learners
Schools using inclusion, data-driven instruction, and parent…
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New Report on Advanced Civics for U.S. History Teachers, Preface by Churchill Biographer
Study Recommends That States Require Passage of U.S. History…
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Driving Force Behind California Tenure Lawsuit to Deliver 2015 Lovett C. Peters Lecture in Public Policy
BOSTON - David F. Welch, Ph.D., the driving force behind Vergara…
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Study: Poor Performance of Other States in PARCC Consortium Would Translate to Lower Standards for Mass.
Attacks on MCAS for not producing “college-ready” graduates…
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Study: Overhauling Two-Tiered Case Intake System Is Key to DCF Reform
Troubled agency also needs technology infrastructure changes…
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Testing the Tests: Why MCAS Is Better Than PARCC
Study: MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better…
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Expanding Voc-Tech Education & Equality of Opportunity
Vocational-Technical Education, Equality of Educational Opportunity…
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Study: Draft Science & Technology/Engineering Standards Should Be Withdrawn
Study Calls for Draft Science and Technology/Engineering Standards…
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New Book: “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American Education”
With Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate…
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Study: Uber, Lyft, Shouldn’t Be Subject to Same Restrictions That Have Harmed Taxis
Watch an interview with the author on BNN News:
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Survey: Proposed Voucher Large Enough to Give Majority of Low-Income Recipients Access to Religiously Affiliated Schools
BOSTON - An annual voucher of between $6,000 and $8,000 would…
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Mass. Healthcare Price Transparency Law Still Not a Reality
State Healthcare Price Transparency Law Still Not a Reality for…
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Study Proposes School Voucher Plan for 10,000 Low-Income Mass. Students
New Study Proposes School Voucher Plan for 10,000 Low-Income…
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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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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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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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Pioneer Institute Statement on MBAE PARCC/MCAS Study
Recently, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE)…
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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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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…