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June 26, 2013

20 Years of Education Reform Roundtable Panel Discussion

This video presents the panel discussion from the Pioneer forum: “20 Years of Education Reform,” featuring Tripp Jones of New Profit, Inc., Sandra Stotsky, Emerita Professor of Education Reform at University of Arkansas, Michael Sentance, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, and David...
Education
June 4, 2013

Dr. Howard Fuller, Keynote Speaker, “Authorizing Excellence: Charter Schools in Massachusetts”

Dr. Howard Fuller, distinguished professor of education and director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University, gave the keynote address at Pioneer’s education forum, “Authorizing Excellence: Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts,” held on June 4th, 2013.
Education
May 6, 2013

Video: Exiting the National Standards Bandwagon

Heritage Foundation Panel – April 17, 2012 “The Obama Administration, intent on furthering federal intervention in education, has spent billions incentivizing states to adopt national standards and tests. Adopting national standards means ceding control of the content taught in local schools to...
Education
April 10, 2013

Jamie Gass on Common Core National Standards

Jamie Gass, Pioneer Institute’s Director of School Reform, discusses problems with the Common Core national education standards, including their weaker academic quality, illegality, and significant costs.
Education
April 9, 2013

Sandra Stotsky Discusses Common Core

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas, former Senior Associate Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education, describes some of the problems with the quality of the Common Core national education standards.
American Citizenship, Education
April 4, 2013

James McPherson, "The Legacy of Lincoln"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian and Princeton University Professor Emeritus James M. McPherson delivered the keynote address at “The Legacy of Lincoln: U.S. History in American Schooling,” a Pioneer Institute forum marking the 150th anniversary of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the...
Education
April 3, 2013

Gerard Robinson, Keynote Speaker

Gerard Robinson, former Virginia Secretary of Education, was a keynote speaker at the Pioneer Institute’s Charter School Forum. Feb. 21, 2013 Omni Parker House Boston, MA
Education
April 3, 2013

Pioneer Institute Charter Forum, featuring Nina Rees

Nina Rees, president of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, presents at the Pioneer Institute’s Charter Forum. Feb. 21, 2013, Omni Parker House Boston, MA
Healthcare
April 2, 2013

Hewitt Health Care Lecture 2013: “Who Controls Health Care Costs? And How?”

Hewitt Health Care Lecture 2013: “Who Controls Health Care Costs? And How?” featuring Harvard economist David Cutler and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Avik Roy. March 6, 2013 Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Harvard Medical School
Education
March 15, 2013

Kevin Chavous, Keynote, “No More Know Nothing Laws: School Choice in Massachusetts”

The Pioneer Institute presents “No More Know Nothing Laws: School Choice in Massachusetts” featuring Kevin Chavous. March 15, 2012 Hyatt Regency Boston.