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LSU’s Prof. Andrew Burstein on Washington Irving, the Headless Horseman, & the Presidency
/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Featured, Podcast, Related Education Blogs, School Choice /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Andrew Burstein, the Charles P. Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University, and author of The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving, and with Nancy Isenberg, The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality.
Survey: Consumers Want Healthcare Price Information, But Few Realize It’s Available
/in Featured, Healthcare, News, Press Releases, Press Releases: Health Care, Press Releases: Healthcare Transparency, Transparency /by Editorial StaffGreat strides have been made to increase healthcare price transparency through online cost estimator tools and a state law that requires providers to give out price information. Yet despite the eagerness of consumers to access prices and out-of-pocket costs, many are unaware that such information is available and don’t know how to access it, according to survey results published by Pioneer Institute.
“Double, Double Toil and Trouble” – 15 Halloween Resources for K-12 Students
/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Blog: Education, COVID Education, COVID education resources, Featured, Jamie Gass, rCOVID /by Jamie GassIn Pioneer’s ongoing series of blogs here, on curricular resources for parents, families, and teachers during COVID-19, this one focuses on: Introducing K-12 students to the history behind Halloween.
Staving Off Disaster: Lessons from Covid Applied to the Epic Battle Against Drug Resistant Microbes
/0 Comments/in COVID Health, COVID Podcasts, Featured, Healthcare, Podcast Hubwonk, rCOVID /by Editorial StaffJoin Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi and Pioneer Institute’s Bill Smith as they discuss with inspirational public health advocate Gunnar Esiason the findings of his latest white paper, “Antimicrobial Resistance: Learning From the current health crisis to inform another.” The episode looks at the challenges to global health presented by evolving drug resistant diseases and how the lessons learned from COVID-19 could potentially save millions of lives.
Pioneer Report Highlights Employment Growth in Lowell, Massachusetts
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, MassEconomix Reports, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffIn 2018, employment in Lowell, Massachusetts finally surpassed its pre-Great Recession peak, according to a new report from Pioneer Institute that draws data from the MassEconomix web tool. Before COVID-19, job growth in the city was driven largely by a resurgence in manufacturing and a continued high concentration of healthcare firms.