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Academic Standards (64)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18395)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13297)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10445)
  4. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (9650)

Amicus Briefs (3)

  1. Jane Doe v Peyser (2398)
  2. Branch Amicus Brief (2104)
  3. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (1704)

Annual Reports (23)

  1. 2012 Annual Report (1882)
  2. 1999 Annual Report (1794)
  3. 2011 Annual Report (1773)
  4. 2015 Annual Report (1761)

Better Government (109)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (5473)
  2. Driving Critical Reforms at DCF: Ideas for a Direction Forward in Massachusetts’ Child and Family Services (5453)
  3. UMass At A Crossroads Part 3 UMass Growing Dependency On Tuition And Fees And Strategic Recruitment Of Out-Of-State Students (4958)
  4. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (4948)

Better Government Competition (19)

  1. 2009 Better Government Competition (4716)
  2. 2011 Better Government Competition (4456)
  3. 2010 Better Government Competition (4386)
  4. 2004 Better Government Competition (4373)

Book (2)

  1. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (4462)
  2. Free Book Chapter (1973)

Charter Schools (41)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (4664)
  2. Innovation Interrupted: How the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 Has Redefined Charter Schooling in Massachusetts (4150)
  3. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (4105)
  4. Preserving Charter School Autonomy (3964)

City Spotlights (1)

  1. New Bedford City Spotlight (36)

Common Core (41)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18395)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13297)
  3. Common Core Facts (13074)
  4. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10445)

Convention Center (7)

  1. Flawed Forecasts: A Critical Look at Convention Center Feasibility Studies (3441)
  2. Does Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Expansion Really Pay for Itself? (3381)
  3. Analyzing the Convention Center Authority's Inflated Claims (2903)
  4. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2502)

COVID (33)

  1. Open Letter: COVID-19 Study and Recommendations Task Force established pursuant to Massachusetts Bill H.4672 (3109)
  2. Remote Learning Resources Guide (1743)
  3. Connecticut’s Dangerous Game: How the Nation’s Wealthiest State Scared Off Businesses and Worsened Its Fiscal Crisis (1423)
  4. Shifting to Online Learning in the COVID-19 Spring (1020)

Economic Opportunity (87)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (7778)
  2. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (4413)
  3. The Logic of Pension Valuation: A Response to Robert Novy-Marx (4018)
  4. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (3967)

Education (171)

  1. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13297)
  2. Common Core Facts (13074)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10445)
  4. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (9650)

Education Management (2)

  1. Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Turnaround Update (591)
  2. The Next Chapter of Education Funding in Massachusetts (164)

Fellowship (3)

  1. Fellowship History (745)
  2. LCP Fellowship Application (714)
  3. LCP Recommendation Form (621)

Health Care (72)

  1. 340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Federal Program (13006)
  2. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (5783)
  3. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (5640)
  4. Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth? (5475)

Health Care Policy (Federal) (16)

  1. 340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Federal Program (13006)
  2. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (5420)
  3. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (4356)
  4. New ACA Medicare Payroll Tax Hits Massachusetts, $1.7 Billion Over 10 Years (3926)

Health Care Policy (MA) (52)

  1. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (5783)
  2. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (5640)
  3. Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth? (5475)
  4. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4647)

Higher Education (10)

  1. UMass At A Crossroads Part 3 UMass Growing Dependency On Tuition And Fees And Strategic Recruitment Of Out-Of-State Students (4958)
  2. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (4948)
  3. Differentiating Admission Standards at UMass-Amherst to Meet Out-of-State Enrollment Targets (2841)
  4. UMass At A Crossroads Part 1 Is The UMass Enrollment Expansion Plan Sustainable? (2428)

Housing (10)

  1. Housing and Land Use Policy in Massachusetts (3668)
  2. The State of Zoning for Accessory Dwelling Units (3300)
  3. The Power to Take: The Use of Eminent Domain in Massachusetts (3266)
  4. Housing Programs in Weak Market Neighborhoods (3191)

Impact Timeline (1)

  1. True North - 30 Years of Pioneer Institute (273)

Innovations in Medical Care Delivery (9)

  1. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (4108)
  2. First Do No Harm: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts’ Medical Device Industry (3582)
  3. Business Solutions to the Health Care Crunch (3550)
  4. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)

Interdistrict Choice & Metco (9)

  1. METCO Merits More (4268)
  2. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (4223)
  3. Modeling Urban Scholarship Vouchers in Massachusetts (3746)
  4. Urban and Rural Poverty and Student Achievement in Massachusetts (3078)

Life Sciences (16)

  1. 340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Federal Program (13006)
  2. Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth? (5475)
  3. Will New England See Lower Prices from Drug Pricing Transparency Legislation? (3807)
  4. Transparency in Retail Drug Prices: Easy to Obtain but Accuracy May Be Doubtful (3773)

Massachusetts Economy (53)

  1. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (3967)
  2. Rebuilding the Ladder to Self- Sufficiency: Workfare and Welfare Reform (3966)
  3. Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts (3773)
  4. Regaining Massachusetts’ Edge in Research and Development (3577)

Media Guide (1)

  1. Pioneer Media Guide 2012 (730)

Miscellaneous (28)

  1. Land-Use Regulation and The Rise in Housing Prices (2680)
  2. FY2013 Form 990 (2668)
  3. FY2012 Form 990 (2261)
  4. Determination Letter (2139)

Municipal Management (47)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (7778)
  2. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (4462)
  3. Municipal Guide Utility (4444)
  4. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (4413)

Open Letter (1)

  1. Open Letter: COVID-19 Study and Recommendations Task Force established pursuant to Massachusetts Bill H.4672 (3109)

Pensions (28)

  1. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (4554)
  2. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (4175)
  3. The Logic of Pension Valuation: A Response to Robert Novy-Marx (4018)
  4. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (4002)

PioneerLegal (3)

  1. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (2206)
  2. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (1704)
  3. The Legality of QALY under the ADA (1334)

Policy Briefs (139)

  1. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (5640)
  2. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (5473)
  3. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (5420)
  4. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4647)

Presentations (9)

  1. Pioneer Institute Report on History in Schools (3772)
  2. Massachusetts’ New Economy (3248)
  3. The Anti-Aid Amendments and School Choice (3175)
  4. Presentation to the Tax Fairness Commission: Tax Issues Affecting Economic Competitiveness (3126)

Price Transparency (30)

  1. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (5783)
  2. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (5640)
  3. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (5420)
  4. MA Health Insurers Have Improved Their Consumer Price Transparency Efforts, But Significant Work Remains (4545)

Private School Choice (16)

  1. "And You Shall Teach Them Diligently": The History and Status of Jewish Day Schools in Massachusetts (3872)
  2. Be Not Afraid: A History of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (3746)
  3. Rhode Island Jewish Day Schools and Scholarship Tax Credits (3714)
  4. Four Models of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (3447)

Public Program Reforms (27)

  1. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (5783)
  2. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4647)
  3. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (4356)
  4. Innovative Medical Liability Reform (3626)

Public Testimony (55)

  1. Review of Common Core Math Standards: Testimony to the California Academic Content Standards Commission (4908)
  2. Testimony to the Utah 2012 Education Interim Committee (3556)
  3. Testimony to the South Carolina Legislature’s Education Subcommittee in Support of S.604 (3501)
  4. Testimony before the Joint Committee on Public Service of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regarding the Fiscal Condition of Local Retirement Systems (3413)

Regionalization Clearinghouse (13)

  1. Saugus GIC Consolidation Agreement (3099)
  2. Attleboro - North Attleborough Water Agreement (3009)
  3. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Public Health Agreement (2967)
  4. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Animal Control Agreement (2872)

Regulations and Permitting (3)

  1. Driving Critical Reforms at DCF: Ideas for a Direction Forward in Massachusetts’ Child and Family Services (5453)
  2. Testimony Before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Regarding Government Transparency (2288)
  3. How Occupational Licensing Laws Reduce State and Local Tax Revenues: The Public Finance Case for Occupational Licensing Reform (1285)

Roe Better Government Network Research (10)

  1. Health Insurance Cost Control (3844)
  2. A National Market for Individual Health Insurance (3493)
  3. Wellness Health Incentive Payment Program (3163)
  4. Middle School Aspirations and Pathways to College (MAPS) (1825)

School Choice (59)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (4664)
  2. METCO Merits More (4268)
  3. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (4223)
  4. Innovation Interrupted: How the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 Has Redefined Charter Schooling in Massachusetts (4150)

State Budget (17)

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Eight Patrick Administration Budgets Later (3776)
  2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Massachusetts’s 2014 Status Quo Budget (3738)
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A 2013 Pioneer Release (3423)
  4. Government Effectiveness Index: A Cross-State Survey (3196)

Transcripts (69)

  1. Transcript: Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling (3724)
  2. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (3711)
  3. Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time: A Transcript of Remarks Delivered by Civil War Historian James McPherson (3220)
  4. Driving Questions (3200)

Transportation (63)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (5473)
  2. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (4437)
  3. The Pacheco Law has cost the MBTA more than $450 million - here’s the evidence. (4147)
  4. Massachusetts Experience with Hard and Soft Receiverships (3808)

Unfunded Liabilities (32)

  1. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (4554)
  2. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (4175)
  3. The Logic of Pension Valuation: A Response to Robert Novy-Marx (4018)
  4. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (4002)

Unions (3)

  1. Where Do Teacher Union Dues Go? (2379)
  2. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (2206)
  3. Unions Are Not Progressive When It Comes to Their Members (1973)

US History (14)

  1. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (9650)
  2. Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools (6512)
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Study of American History in Massachusetts (4410)
  4. Pioneer Institute Report on History in Schools (3772)

Virtual Learning (7)

  1. Online Learning 101: Starting a Virtual School And Its Challenges (5596)
  2. Regulating Virtual Schools (5089)
  3. Virtual Schools, Actual Learning (3230)
  4. Shifting to Online Learning in the COVID-19 Spring (1020)

Voc Tech Schools (7)

  1. Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (6321)
  2. Hands-On Achievement: Why Massachusetts Vocational Technical Schools Have Low Dropout Rates (4770)
  3. Expanding Access to Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (4288)
  4. Filling the Skills Gap: Massachusetts Vocational-Technical Schools and Business Partnerships (4011)

White Papers (262)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18395)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13297)
  3. 340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Federal Program (13006)
  4. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10445)