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This Week on The Learning Curve: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. on Background Knowledge & Educational EquityDecember 6, 2019 - 11:04 am- Protected: George F. Will at Pioneer Institute’s 2019 Lovett C. Peters LectureNovember 25, 2019 - 11:15 am
Steven Wilson on Anti-Intellectualism in K-12 EducationNovember 22, 2019 - 11:05 am
George F. Will to Deliver Pioneer Institute’s 2019 Lovett C. Peters LectureNovember 20, 2019 - 9:00 am
When The Commonwealth Pays The Education Bill, It Should Get A School Committee SayNovember 19, 2019 - 8:08 am
Jason Bedrick on Religious Freedom & Private School AutonomyNovember 15, 2019 - 11:33 am
New Study: Excessive Occupational Licensing Hurts State Economy, Reduces Tax RevenueNovember 13, 2019 - 9:00 am
VIDEO: Reduce Carbon Emissions with Perq!November 12, 2019 - 11:51 am
Join Us Nov. 21st: “U.S. Supreme Court Case – Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue”November 11, 2019 - 2:21 pm
Dr. Lindsey Burke on LBJ’s True Education LegacyNovember 8, 2019 - 2:08 pm
Study Proposes “Marshall Plan” for Attracting and Retaining Talent Needed to Modernize the MBTA
/in Better Government, Featured, Press Releases, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity, Press Releases: Government, Press Releases: MBTA, Press Releases: Transportation /by Editorial StaffBetter hiring practices and internal organization, external resources needed to deliver on expanded capital budget BOSTON – Going from much larger capital budgets to delivering the actual projects needed to repair and modernize the MBTA will require a “Marshall Plan” that includes improving T hiring practices and internal organization, as well as the strategic use of external resources, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute. “The problem with the MBTA capital program isn’t lack of money, it’s the inability to spend it,” said Ian Ollis, who authored “The $8.5 Billion Marshall Plan for MBTA Needs” with Greg Sullivan. Annual MBTA capital spending has doubled to between $900 million and $1 billion since the system collapsed in the snow […]
This Week on “The Learning Curve”: Natalie Wexler on her new book, The Knowledge Gap
/0 Comments/in Common Core, Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffBob & Cara talk with Natalie Wexler, author of “The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–And How to Fix It,” about the shift in K-12 education, even in the Common Core era, from an emphasis on academic content to empty skills and strategies.
VIDEO: Making a Difference Through METCO
/in Blog: Education, Featured, Press Releases: METCO, School Choice /by Editorial StaffA new video about the METCO program centers around the friendship between two Wayland High School students; one who lives in Wayland and the other from Boston. It also features interviews with METCO CEO Milly Arbaje-Thomas and Mabel Reid-Wallace, Director of Wayland’s METCO program.
Dimming the state’s literary light
/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Common Core, Featured, Oped: Common Core, Oped: Education /by Jamie GassSeptember marks Johnson’s 310th birthday. His A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) used 114,000 timeless quotations to help define 42,000 words, making it among the most famous dictionaries in human history.
Pioneer Institute Files Updated Amicus Brief in Potentially Landmark School Choice Case Currently before U.S. Supreme Court
/0 Comments/in Featured, Press Releases: Education, Press Releases: Religious Education, Press Releases: School Choice, School Choice /by Editorial StaffIn the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision to hear Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case challenging a state constitutional amendment marked by religious bias, Pioneer Institute today announced that it has again filed an amicus curiae brief, this time urging the Court to strike down Montana’s Blaine amendment. Massachusetts is among the 38 states with anti-aid Blaine amendments, which prohibit public resources from flowing to individuals to send their children to religiously affiliated schools. The Commonwealth was the first state to adopt such an amendment, and it is generally considered the most restrictive in the country. The first of the two anti-aid amendments to Massachusetts Constitution was the work of the virulently anti-Catholic Know-Nothing […]