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New Book on Massachusetts Charter Public Schools Touts Record of Achievement, Minimal Impact on District Finances
Recommendations Include Promoting Innovation, Removing Limits…
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Study Finds Declining Student Achievement and Increased Harm to School Choice Since Common Core
Read coverage of this report in The Daily Caller, Breitbart News,…
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Pioneer Institute Awards Gala to Highlight Proposals to Address Student Debt Crisis & Promote Job Training
Speakers Include John Sexton, NYU President Emeritus; Massachusetts…
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Video Highlights Long-Running Journal that Publishes History Essays by High School Students
BOSTON - A new video highlights the work of Will Fitzhugh, who…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 27th Annual Better Government Competition
NYU President Emeritus, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…
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Kudos To CHIA On Major Step Toward Greater Healthcare Price Transparency
Pioneer applauds the Center for Health Information and Analysis…
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Public Statement: The State Legislature’s Answer to the Janus Decision: The Employee Coercion & Intimidation Act
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Pioneer has previously referred to a “Tammany Hall-like nexus”…
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Report Recommends Alternatives to Drug Pricing Transparency Legislation
Value-based reimbursement, focus on middlemen in drug distribution…
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Survey Shows Wide Variation in Both Overall Cost of Medical Procedure and Amount Paid by Consumers
Making all-payer claims data public could put downward pressure…
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Study: Boston-Area Communities Should Loosen Restrictions for Accessory Dwelling Units
Additional units could help ease housing shortage
BOSTON—A…
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New Study Warns of Emergence of Two-Tiered Public Education System in Massachusetts
Contact Jamie Gass, 617-723-2277 ext. 210 or jgass@pioneerinstitute.org
Overall…
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Study: No Longer A City On A Hill: Massachusetts Degrades Its K–12 History Standards
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education…
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Poll: Parents, Teachers, Legislators Support Reinstating Passage of U.S. History MCAS Test as High School Graduation Requirement
Strong majorities of parents, history and social studies teachers,…
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Study: UMass Amherst Admissions Standards Now Higher for MA Students than Non-Residents
Freshman admission to the University of Massachusetts’ flagship…
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Study: Methodology of Noted “Millionaire’s Tax” Researcher Excludes Vast Majority of Millionaires
The work of a Stanford University Professor whose research has…
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Study Finds MA Inter-District School Choice Program a Success, but Should Be Updated
Policy makers should raise tuition rate, cap on program enrollment
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Time to End MA State Legislature’s Exemption from Public Records Law
The purpose of transparency laws is to promote more effective,…
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Study: MA Private & Religious School Students Denied Federally Funded Special Education Services
Despite federal laws to the contrary, state education agency…
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MA Health Insurers Have Made Good Progress in Price Transparency, But Significant Work Remains
Read press coverage of this report in the Boston Business Journal and…
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Public Statement: Pioneer Institute Questions UMass Amherst’s Purchase of Mt. Ida Campus
Between September 2015 and the fall of 2017, Pioneer Institute…
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Press Release: Birmingham Touts 1993 Ed Reform Act’s Success, Expresses Concerns about Recent Policies
BOSTON - Massachusetts Education Reform Act co-author and former…
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Time to End Legislative Exemptions from Public Records & Open Meeting Laws
Under Massachusetts law, the state Legislature is not considered…
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Draft History and Social Studies Frameworks Continue Trend Toward Dumbing Down Public School Content
Weaker ELA and math standards have already produced declines…
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Inadequate Inflation Adjustment Factor Will Subject Increasing Numbers of People to So-Called “Millionaires” Tax
Would take particular toll on those relying on home value appreciation…
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Proposition 80 Won’t Generate $1.9 Billion Annual Projected Revenue
Passage of November 2018 ballot measure will make Massachusetts…
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Proposition 80 Will Increase Out-Migration of High Earners and Businesses
Passage of November 2018 ballot measure would jeopardize Massachusetts’…
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Supreme Court Arguments in Compulsory Union Fee Case Set for Today
Outcome will affect similar petition pending before Massachusetts…
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Study: New Federal Tax Law Would Exacerbate Economic Damage of Prop 80
This report earned media coverage on WGBH radio, WBZ radio,…
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Pioneer Institute and the Tax Foundation File Amicus Brief in Graduated Income Tax Ballot Initiative Case
Brief argues that Proposition 80 violates the state constitution,…
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New Study Looks to Connecticut as Cautionary Tale for Impact of Proposed Ballot Initiative Hiking Taxes
Hear Greg Sullivan discuss this report on Bloomberg Radio.
Raising…