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Did an antiracism shift break Boston’s best charter schools?
Urban school reform was working. Did antiracism break it? We have sought to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in public education for decades. For…
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Boston is 48th out of 55 Metro Areas in the Competition for Young Workers
A new analysis from ADP Research (reported in the Wall Street Journal) delivers a clear warning for Massachusetts: the Boston–Cambridge–Newton metropolitan area now ranks…
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New Study Finds Massachusetts Business Formation Has Plummeted Despite National Surge
The Commonwealth had the nation’s lowest net business formation rate from 2020 to 2024, losing more than 17,000 employer businesses over nine consecutive quarters
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New Toolkit Calls for Charter Schools to Renew Commitment to Academic Excellence
Student achievement gains eroded amid shift to “social justice” education
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New Study Calls for Reducing or Eliminating Parking Requirements for New Housing
Data show the requirements increase rents, reduce housing development
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North Carolina Surges with 449K Jobs as Massachusetts Jobs Fall by 18K
Analysis compares decade-long changes in tax rates, private sector employment, and revenue growth in two competing state economies
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Massachusetts Faces Tax Policy Choice as New Analysis Finds Prior Rate Reductions Did Not Reduce Long-Term Revenue
Historical evidence shows revenues rose after early-2000s tax cuts; FY2002 decline driven by economic shock, not policy
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MA Residents Believe State Officials, and Legislators in Particular, Falling Short on Government Transparency
State Legislature’s Favorability Rating at 28 Percent BOSTON – A new poll commissioned by Pioneer Institute finds that state government, and the Legislature in particular, are falling far short when it comes to government transparency, and that satisfaction…
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Fewer Students, Greater Demand: How Regionalization Can Strengthen Massachusetts Schools
Massachusetts faces a growing challenge: K-12 public school enrollment is declining, while the state’s workforce continues to expand. How can smaller school districts maintain…
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State Report Card on Telehealth Reform: Incremental Progress in 2025 Leaves Many States Unprepared for Rural Health Transformation Funding
Boston, Mass – A new report from the Cicero Institute and Pioneer Institute finds that while state legislatures remained active on telehealth policy in 2025, most states made…
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Pioneer New England Legal Foundation and Sullivan & Worcester Sue Boston Over Retaliatory Tax Scheme
Class action challenges city’s unlawful penalties against commercial taxpayers who exercised their right to appeal; seeks court intervention to end this retaliatory scheme in…
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Book Highlights Advances in Digital Education, Policies to Unlock Its Benefits
BOSTON – A new book co-edited by national digital education leader Julie Young draws on best practices and multiple studies published by Pioneer Institute…
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Pioneer New England Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit Challenging Cambridge Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance
Requirement that 20 percent of a housing project remain permanently affordable places burden on developers that should be borne by the public as a…
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Houston Supt. Mike Miles on Urban School District Reform
In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Great Heart Academies’ Dr. Helen Baxendale and American Federation for Children’s Shaka Mitchell speak with…
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Study: Accessory Dwelling Units Now Legal Statewide, but Construction Still Lags
BOSTON – Even after statewide legalization in 2024, production of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Massachusetts remains far from that of other states due to local zoning and permitting practices that continue to discourage development, according to a new Pioneer Institute study.
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UK Uni. of St Andrews’ Sir Hew Strachan on the First World War
In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Center for Strong Public Schools’ Alisha Searcy speak with Sir…
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MA Teacher Kelley Brown on Founding Documents, U.S. History, & Civics
In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Center for Strong Public Schools’ Alisha Searcy and American Federation for Children’s Walter Blanks interview…
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Harvard’s Leo Damrosch on Robert Louis Stevenson & Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Great Hearts Academies’ Dr. Helen Baxendale interview Leo Damrosch, Ernest…
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