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The Houses of Great American Writers – 25 Resources for K-12 Education
/in Academic Standards, Blog, Blog: Education, COVID Education, COVID education resources, Featured, Jamie Gass, Related Education Blogs, US History /by Jamie GassAccording to the Brookings Institution research, teaching great fiction is declining across America’s K-12 education system, so we’re offering resources to help parents, teachers, and schoolchildren to better appreciate great American writers and the places where they wrote.
How do other countries avoid COVID infections as they loosen international travel restrictions?
/0 Comments/in Blog, Featured /by Andrew MikulaFor most of America, reopening the economy after COVID-19 means being able to go to a barbershop, a local gym, or restaurant – all relatively mundane activities that happen to involve small crowds of strangers gathering in an enclosed space. But for some major cities, it means much more: a return to hosting large, touristy recreational events, international business conferences, and gubernatorial summits. In terms of public health protocol, the main difference between a barber shop and a major business expo (besides the size of the event, attire of the attendees, and number of TV cameras present) is that businesspeople are often willing to travel far and wide to attend prominent conferences. With this point of contrast comes a moral […]
Getting Nursing Home Care Right
/in Blog: Healthcare, Blog: Healthcare Transparency, COVID Health, Featured, Healthcare, News /by Editorial StaffPioneer Institute has long recognized that seniors deserve the best of care and that innovative policy solutions are necessary to ensure that this population enjoys a high quality of life in their later years. In the 1990s, early 2000s and most recently in 2017, the Institute dedicated Better Government Competition topics to policy issues related to aging in America. Our goal each time was to find solutions and to take advantage of new innovations that would improve the quality of life and care for the elderly.
Harvard PEPG’s Prof. Paul Peterson on Charter Schools, Digital Learning, & Ed Next Polling
/in Academic Standards, Charter Schools, COVID Education, COVID Podcasts, Featured, Podcast, rCOVID, School Choice, Virtual Schools /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Paul Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.
With Sincere Thanks
/in Blog, Featured /by Jim StergiosA Message from Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios: With the close of Pioneer Institute’s 2020 fiscal year on September 30th, I want to thank you. This has been an unprecedented year for the Institute in terms of our ability to improve the lives of citizens in Massachusetts and beyond.