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Happy New Year from Pioneer InstituteDecember 31, 2020 - 9:30 am
Happy Holidays from Pioneer Institute!December 24, 2020 - 6:13 am
USED Asst. Sec. Jim Blew Talks Sec. DeVos, School Choice, & K-12 PoliticsDecember 16, 2020 - 9:29 am
Happy New Year from Pioneer Institute
/0 Comments/in Featured /by Editorial StaffWe hope you are taking time to celebrate and find peace during this season. Thank you for your support for Pioneer, which has helped us stay focused on steering the state’s debate on the pandemic response, and making progress on our key policy objectives. Here’s to a great 2021 for Massachusetts and the country.
Happy Holidays from Pioneer Institute!
/in Featured /by Editorial StaffWishing you and your loved ones a season filled with peace, love and joy!
USED Asst. Sec. Jim Blew Talks Sec. DeVos, School Choice, & K-12 Politics
/0 Comments/in COVID Education, Featured, Podcast, School Choice /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Jim Blew, the assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development at the U.S. Department of Education. Assistant Secretary Blew shares lessons from leading and implementing K-12 public education reform efforts in often contentious policy environments, and the unique challenges of the current partisanship and gridlock in Washington, D.C.
Police Reform Law: Finding Balance While Seeking Justice
/0 Comments/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk, Police Reform /by Editorial StaffJoin Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi and former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis who shares his views on the features and controversies of the police reform bill on Beacon Hill.
New Study Provides Toolkit for Crafting Education Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs
/in Featured, Press Releases: Choice Programs, Press Releases: Education, Press Releases: Religious Education, Press Releases: School Choice, School Choice /by Editorial StaffIn the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a key impediment to private school choice, Pioneer Institute has published a toolkit for designing tax-credit scholarship programs. Now available in 18 states, nearly 300,000 students nationwide use tax-credit scholarships to attend the school of their family’s choice. TCS policies create an incentive for taxpayers to contribute to nonprofit scholarship organizations that aid families with tuition and, in some states, other K–12 educational expenses. This paper explores the central design features of TCS policies—such as eligibility, the tax credit value, credit caps, and academic accountability provisions—and outlines the different approaches taken by the TCS policies in each state.