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Academic Standards (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18385)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13205)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10385)
  4. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (7518)

Amicus Briefs (3)

  1. Jane Doe v Peyser (1860)
  2. Branch Amicus Brief (1606)
  3. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (1435)

Annual Reports (4)

  1. 2012 Annual Report (1339)
  2. 1999 Annual Report (1289)
  3. 2011 Annual Report (1243)
  4. 2013 Annual Report (1197)

Better Government (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (4914)
  2. Driving Critical Reforms at DCF: Ideas for a Direction Forward in Massachusetts’ Child and Family Services (4850)
  3. Municipal Guide Utility (3869)
  4. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (3867)

Better Government Competition (4)

  1. 2011 Better Government Competition (3438)
  2. 2010 Better Government Competition (3414)
  3. 2013 Better Government Competition Guidelines (3412)
  4. 2004 Better Government Competition (3373)

Book (2)

  1. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (3866)
  2. Free Book Chapter (1568)

Charter Schools (4)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (3853)
  2. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (3458)
  3. Debunking the Myths About Charter Public Schools (3332)
  4. Matching Students to Excellent Tutors: How a Massachusetts Charter School Bridges Achievement Gaps (3309)

Common Core (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18385)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13205)
  3. Common Core Facts (12338)
  4. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10385)

Convention Center (4)

  1. Flawed Forecasts: A Critical Look at Convention Center Feasibility Studies (2873)
  2. Does Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Expansion Really Pay for Itself? (2823)
  3. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (2501)
  4. Analyzing the Convention Center Authority's Inflated Claims (2270)

COVID (4)

  1. Shifting to Online Learning in the COVID-19 Spring (303)
  2. Unprecedented Massachusetts unemployment projections set the stage for a state budget crisis (286)
  3. COVID-19 will likely lead to a recession. Can Massachusetts municipal budgets handle one? (230)
  4. The Massachusetts Crises Of Care Guidelines Need Re-Thinking (215)

Economic Opportunity (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (6884)
  2. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (3437)
  3. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (3359)
  4. Rebuilding the Ladder to Self- Sufficiency: Workfare and Welfare Reform (3270)

Education (4)

  1. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13205)
  2. Common Core Facts (12338)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10385)
  4. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (8512)

Education Management (1)

  1. The Next Chapter of Education Funding in Massachusetts (148)

Fellowship (3)

  1. Fellowship History (615)
  2. LCP Fellowship Application (611)
  3. LCP Recommendation Form (521)

Health Care (4)

  1. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (4380)
  2. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4143)
  3. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (3471)
  4. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (3309)

Health Care Policy (Federal) (4)

  1. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (4380)
  2. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (3309)
  3. New ACA Medicare Payroll Tax Hits Massachusetts, $1.7 Billion Over 10 Years (3302)
  4. Impact of the Federal Health Law’s “Cadillac Insurance Tax” in Massachusetts (3076)

Health Care Policy (MA) (4)

  1. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4143)
  2. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (3471)
  3. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (3309)
  4. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (3309)

Higher Education (4)

  1. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (3867)
  2. UMass At A Crossroads Part 3 UMass Growing Dependency On Tuition And Fees And Strategic Recruitment Of Out-Of-State Students (3669)
  3. UMass At A Crossroads Part 1 Is The UMass Enrollment Expansion Plan Sustainable? (2423)
  4. Differentiating Admission Standards at UMass-Amherst to Meet Out-of-State Enrollment Targets (1997)

Housing (4)

  1. Housing and Land Use Policy in Massachusetts (3136)
  2. The Power to Take: The Use of Eminent Domain in Massachusetts (2796)
  3. Housing Programs in Weak Market Neighborhoods (2680)
  4. The State of Zoning for Accessory Dwelling Units (2339)

Impact Timeline (1)

  1. True North - 30 Years of Pioneer Institute (86)

Innovations in Medical Care Delivery (4)

  1. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (3471)
  2. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)
  3. First Do No Harm: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts’ Medical Device Industry (3000)
  4. Business Solutions to the Health Care Crunch (2937)

Interdistrict Choice & Metco (4)

  1. METCO Merits More (3339)
  2. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (3336)
  3. Modeling Urban Scholarship Vouchers in Massachusetts (3190)
  4. Urban and Rural Poverty and Student Achievement in Massachusetts (2619)

Life Sciences (4)

  1. Transparency in Retail Drug Prices: Easy to Obtain but Accuracy May Be Doubtful (2929)
  2. Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth? (2803)
  3. Key Questions for Legislators on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) (2476)
  4. Will New England See Lower Prices from Drug Pricing Transparency Legislation? (1674)

Massachusetts Economy (4)

  1. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (3359)
  2. Rebuilding the Ladder to Self- Sufficiency: Workfare and Welfare Reform (3270)
  3. Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts (3138)
  4. Regaining Massachusetts’ Edge in Research and Development (2975)

Media Guide (1)

  1. Pioneer Media Guide 2012 (578)

Miscellaneous (4)

  1. Land-Use Regulation and The Rise in Housing Prices (2318)
  2. FY2013 Form 990 (1761)
  3. FY2012 Form 990 (1561)
  4. Determination Letter (1464)

Municipal Management (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (6884)
  2. Municipal Guide Utility (3869)
  3. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (3866)
  4. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (3437)

Pensions (4)

  1. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (3760)
  2. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (3458)
  3. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (3432)
  4. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (3353)

PioneerLegal (3)

  1. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (1671)
  2. Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue (1435)
  3. The Legality of QALY under the ADA (366)

Policy Briefs (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (4914)
  2. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (4380)
  3. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4143)
  4. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (3819)

Presentations (4)

  1. Pioneer Institute Report on History in Schools (3125)
  2. Massachusetts’ New Economy (2797)
  3. The Anti-Aid Amendments and School Choice (2739)
  4. Presentation to the Tax Fairness Commission: Tax Issues Affecting Economic Competitiveness (2632)

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 (4380)
  2. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (3471)
  3. Mass Hospitals Weak on Price Transparency (3309)
  4. New ACA Medicare Payroll Tax Hits Massachusetts, $1.7 Billion Over 10 Years (3302)

Private School Choice (4)

  1. "And You Shall Teach Them Diligently": The History and Status of Jewish Day Schools in Massachusetts (3316)
  2. Rhode Island Jewish Day Schools and Scholarship Tax Credits (3160)
  3. Be Not Afraid: A History of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (3075)
  4. Four Models of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts (2901)

Public Program Reforms (4)

  1. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (4143)
  2. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (3309)
  3. Consumer Driven Health Care: A New Agenda for Cost Control in Massachusetts (3278)
  4. Nonprofit to For Profit Conversions in Health Care: A Review (3005)

Public Testimony (4)

  1. Review of Common Core Math Standards: Testimony to the California Academic Content Standards Commission (4186)
  2. Testimony to the Utah 2012 Education Interim Committee (3266)
  3. Testimony to the South Carolina Legislature’s Education Subcommittee in Support of S.604 (2946)
  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 (2857)

Regionalization Clearinghouse (4)

  1. Attleboro - North Attleborough Water Agreement (2572)
  2. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Public Health Agreement (2518)
  3. Hawlemont Regional School District GIC Consolidation Agreement (2363)
  4. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Animal Control Agreement (2359)

Regulations and Permitting (3)

  1. Driving Critical Reforms at DCF: Ideas for a Direction Forward in Massachusetts’ Child and Family Services (4850)
  2. Testimony Before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Regarding Government Transparency (2018)
  3. How Occupational Licensing Laws Reduce State and Local Tax Revenues: The Public Finance Case for Occupational Licensing Reform (532)

Roe Better Government Network Research (4)

  1. A National Market for Individual Health Insurance (2879)
  2. Health Insurance Cost Control (2827)
  3. Wellness Health Incentive Payment Program (2659)
  4. Middle School Aspirations and Pathways to College (MAPS) (1353)

School Choice (4)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (3853)
  2. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (3458)
  3. METCO Merits More (3339)
  4. Expanding METCO and Closing Achievement Gaps (3336)

State Budget (4)

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Massachusetts’s 2014 Status Quo Budget (3168)
  2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Eight Patrick Administration Budgets Later (3115)
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A 2013 Pioneer Release (2916)
  4. Government Effectiveness Index: A Cross-State Survey (2714)

Transcripts (4)

  1. Transcript: Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling (3445)
  2. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (3183)
  3. Driving Questions (2731)
  4. Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time: A Transcript of Remarks Delivered by Civil War Historian James McPherson (2710)

Transportation (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (4914)
  2. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (3819)
  3. The Pacheco Law has cost the MBTA more than $450 million - here’s the evidence. (3336)
  4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Eight Patrick Administration Budgets Later (3115)

Unfunded Liabilities (4)

  1. The Costs of Delaying the Funding of Public Pensions in Massachusetts (3760)
  2. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (3458)
  3. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (3432)
  4. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (3353)

Unions (3)

  1. Where Do Teacher Union Dues Go? (1835)
  2. After Janus, Public Employers Must Obtain Informed Consent Before Collecting Union Dues or Agency Fees (1671)
  3. Unions Are Not Progressive When It Comes to Their Members (1526)

US History (4)

  1. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (7518)
  2. Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools (5401)
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Study of American History in Massachusetts (3755)
  4. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (3183)

Virtual Learning (4)

  1. Online Learning 101: Starting a Virtual School And Its Challenges (5572)
  2. Regulating Virtual Schools (4590)
  3. Virtual Schools, Actual Learning (2727)
  4. Shifting to Online Learning in the COVID-19 Spring (303)

Voc Tech Schools (4)

  1. Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (5072)
  2. Hands-On Achievement: Why Massachusetts Vocational Technical Schools Have Low Dropout Rates (4058)
  3. Expanding Access to Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (3673)
  4. Filling the Skills Gap: Massachusetts Vocational-Technical Schools and Business Partnerships (3452)

White Papers (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (18385)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (13205)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (10385)
  4. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (8512)