Videos - 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.

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

Common Core’s Race to the Middle in Colorado. Introductory. Introductory remarks by the Honorable Bob Schaffer, Chairman, Colorado State Board of Education/former U.S. Representative. Featuring: The Honorable Robert Scott, former Texas Commissioner of Education Dr. Bill Evers, Research Fellow, Stanford University’s Hoover...

Pioneer Institute hosted a forum on September 19, 2012 at the Omni Parker Hotel. “Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling” with keynote speakers Jocelyn Chadwick, author of The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn, who makes her return to...

Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, Former Massachusetts Senate President Thomas Birmingham, Former Massachusetts Legislator and Pittsburgh Superintendent Mark Roosevelt, former state Education Commissioner David Driscoll, and former Secretary of Education Michael Sentance, Citizens United for Charter Schools co-founder Nancy Myers Coolidge, Neighborhood...