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Academic Standards (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18374)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13164)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10350)
  4. Common Core’s Validation: A Weak Foundation for a Crooked House (6741)

Amicus Briefs (3)

  1. Jane Doe v Peyser (393)
  2. Branch Amicus Brief (199)
  3. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (83)

Annual Reports (4)

  1. 2012 Annual Report (1226)
  2. 1999 Annual Report (1158)
  3. 2011 Annual Report (1131)
  4. 2013 Annual Report (1081)

Better Government (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3464)
  2. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (3347)
  3. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (3055)
  4. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2501)

Better Government Competition (4)

  1. 2013 Better Government Competition Guidelines (1969)
  2. 2011 Better Government Competition (1895)
  3. 2010 Better Government Competition (1766)
  4. 2004 Better Government Competition (1758)

Book (2)

  1. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (2345)
  2. Free Book Chapter (199)

Charter Schools (4)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (2361)
  2. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (1939)
  3. Debunking the Myths About Charter Public Schools (1919)
  4. Matching Students to Excellent Tutors: How a Massachusetts Charter School Bridges Achievement Gaps (1822)

Common Core (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18374)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13164)
  3. Common Core Facts (10897)
  4. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10350)

Convention Center (4)

  1. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2501)
  2. Flawed Forecasts: A Critical Look at Convention Center Feasibility Studies (1444)
  3. Challenging Convention(al) Wisdom: Hard Facts About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (1433)
  4. Does Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Expansion Really Pay for Itself? (1389)

Economic Opportunity (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (4515)
  2. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2501)
  3. Back to Taxachusetts? Lessons from Connecticut (2478)
  4. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (1891)

Education (4)

  1. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13164)
  2. Common Core Facts (10897)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10350)
  4. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (8506)

Education Management (1)

  1. The Next Chapter of Education Funding in Massachusetts (128)

Fellowship (3)

  1. LCP Fellowship Application (586)
  2. Fellowship History (575)
  3. LCP Recommendation Form (499)

Health Care (4)

  1. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  2. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2687)
  3. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2677)
  4. What Will U.S. Households Pay for Health Care in the Future (2147)

Health Care Policy (Federal) (4)

  1. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  2. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2687)
  3. What Will U.S. Households Pay for Health Care in the Future (2147)
  4. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (1823)

Health Care Policy (MA) (4)

  1. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  2. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2677)
  3. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (1996)
  4. Extreme Premium Increase Letter 12-26-12 (1866)

Higher Education (4)

  1. UMass At A Crossroads Part 1 Is The UMass Enrollment Expansion Plan Sustainable? (2422)
  2. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (2042)
  3. UMass At A Crossroads Part 3 UMass Growing Dependency On Tuition And Fees And Strategic Recruitment Of Out-Of-State Students (1919)
  4. Fiscal Crisis at UMass Boston: The True Story and the Scapegoating (561)

Housing (4)

  1. Housing and Land Use Policy in Massachusetts (1646)
  2. The Power to Take: The Use of Eminent Domain in Massachusetts (1348)
  3. Housing Programs in Weak Market Neighborhoods (1199)
  4. Regulation and the Rise of Housing Prices in Greater Boston: A study based on new data from 187 communities in eastern Massachusetts (920)

Impact Timeline (1)

  1. True North - 30 Years of Pioneer Institute (44)

Innovations in Medical Care Delivery (4)

  1. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  2. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (1996)
  3. First Do No Harm: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts’ Medical Device Industry (1525)
  4. Business Solutions to the Health Care Crunch (1459)

Interdistrict Choice & Metco (4)

  1. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (1784)
  2. METCO Merits More (1687)
  3. Modeling Urban Scholarship Vouchers in Massachusetts (1683)
  4. Urban and Rural Poverty and Student Achievement in Massachusetts (1222)

Life Sciences (4)

  1. Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth? (1316)
  2. Transparency in Retail Drug Prices: Easy to Obtain but Accuracy May Be Doubtful (1275)
  3. Key Questions for Legislators on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) (745)
  4. Looming Challenges for ICER in Assessing the Value of Rare Disease Therapies (308)

Massachusetts Economy (4)

  1. Back to Taxachusetts? Lessons from Connecticut (2478)
  2. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (1891)
  3. Rebuilding the Ladder to Self- Sufficiency: Workfare and Welfare Reform (1775)
  4. Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts (1644)

Media Guide (1)

  1. Pioneer Media Guide 2012 (548)

Miscellaneous (4)

  1. FY2013 Form 990 (1536)
  2. FY2012 Form 990 (1374)
  3. FY2010 Form 990 (1220)
  4. Determination Letter (1217)

Municipal Management (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (4515)
  2. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (2345)
  3. Municipal Guide Utility (2324)
  4. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (1819)

Pensions (4)

  1. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (3347)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (3055)
  3. Solvency and Insolvency of the MBTA Retirement Fund (2119)
  4. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (1989)

PioneerLegal (2)

  1. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (220)
  2. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (83)

Policy Briefs (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3464)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (3055)
  3. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2687)
  4. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2677)

Presentations (4)

  1. Pioneer Institute Report on History in Schools (1633)
  2. School Choice Survey (1393)
  3. The Anti-Aid Amendments and School Choice (1346)
  4. Massachusetts’ New Economy (1305)

Price Transparency (4)

  1. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2687)
  2. What Will U.S. Households Pay for Health Care in the Future (2147)
  3. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (1996)
  4. The Elephant in the Room: NO. 32 • July 2006 Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB 45 (1899)

Private School Choice (4)

  1. "And You Shall Teach Them Diligently": The History and Status of Jewish Day Schools in Massachusetts (1754)
  2. Rhode Island Jewish Day Schools and Scholarship Tax Credits (1688)
  3. Be Not Afraid: A History of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (1574)
  4. Four Models of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (1412)

Public Program Reforms (4)

  1. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  2. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2677)
  3. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (1823)
  4. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (1710)

Public Testimony (4)

  1. Review of Common Core Math Standards: Testimony to the California Academic Content Standards Commission (2693)
  2. Testimony to the Utah 2012 Education Interim Committee (1896)
  3. Testimony to the South Carolina Legislature’s Education Subcommittee in Support of S.604 (1518)
  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 (1387)

Regionalization Clearinghouse (4)

  1. Attleboro - North Attleborough Water Agreement (1184)
  2. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Public Health Agreement (1124)
  3. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Animal Control Agreement (964)
  4. Hawlemont Regional School District GIC Consolidation Agreement (959)

Regulations and Permitting (2)

  1. Driving Critical Reforms at DCF: Ideas for a Direction Forward in Massachusetts’ Child and Family Services (2436)
  2. Testimony Before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Regarding Government Transparency (685)

Roe Better Government Network Research (4)

  1. A National Market for Individual Health Insurance (1415)
  2. Health Insurance Cost Control (1374)
  3. Middle School Aspirations and Pathways to College (MAPS) (1254)
  4. Wellness Health Incentive Payment Program (1248)

School Choice (4)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (2361)
  2. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (1939)
  3. Matching Students to Excellent Tutors: How a Massachusetts Charter School Bridges Achievement Gaps (1822)
  4. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (1784)

State Budget (4)

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Massachusetts’s 2014 Status Quo Budget (1739)
  2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Eight Patrick Administration Budgets Later (1537)
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A 2013 Pioneer Release (1499)
  4. Government Effectiveness Index: A Cross-State Survey (1279)

Transcripts (4)

  1. Transcript: Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling (2035)
  2. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (1750)
  3. Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time: A Transcript of Remarks Delivered by Civil War Historian James McPherson (1295)
  4. Driving Questions (1287)

Transportation (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3464)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (3055)
  3. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2501)
  4. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (2328)

Unfunded Liabilities (4)

  1. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (3347)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (3055)
  3. Solvency and Insolvency of the MBTA Retirement Fund (2119)
  4. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (1989)

Unions (3)

  1. Where Do Teacher Union Dues Go? (350)
  2. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (220)
  3. Unions Are Not Progressive When It Comes to Their Members (139)

US History (4)

  1. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (5807)
  2. Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools (3753)
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Study of American History in Massachusetts (2254)
  4. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (1750)

Virtual Learning (3)

  1. Online Learning 101: Starting a Virtual School And Its Challenges (5559)
  2. Regulating Virtual Schools (3175)
  3. Virtual Schools, Actual Learning (1290)

Voc Tech Schools (4)

  1. Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (3362)
  2. Hands-On Achievement: Why Massachusetts Vocational Technical Schools Have Low Dropout Rates (2483)
  3. Expanding Access to Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (2149)
  4. Filling the Skills Gap: Massachusetts Vocational-Technical Schools and Business Partnerships (1915)

White Papers (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18374)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13164)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10350)
  4. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (8506)