Research

Academic Standards (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (17771)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (11750)
  3. After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core (6445)
  4. Common Core’s Validation: A Weak Foundation for a Crooked House (5690)

Amicus Brief (1)

  1. Jane Doe v Peyser (204)

Annual Reports (4)

  1. 2012 Annual Report (1126)
  2. 1999 Annual Report (1049)
  3. 2011 Annual Report (1032)
  4. 2013 Annual Report (1018)

Better Government (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3261)
  2. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (2765)
  3. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (2368)
  4. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (1938)

Better Government Competition (4)

  1. 2013 Better Government Competition Guidelines (1728)
  2. 2011 Better Government Competition (1573)
  3. 2004 Better Government Competition (1488)
  4. 2010 Better Government Competition (1474)

Book (2)

  1. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (2093)
  2. Free Book Chapter (43)

Charter Schools (4)

  1. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (1939)
  2. Debunking the Myths About Charter Public Schools (1684)
  3. Meeting the Commonwealth’s Demand: Lifting the Cap on Charter Public Schools in Massachusetts (1634)
  4. Matching Students to Excellent Tutors: How a Massachusetts Charter School Bridges Achievement Gaps (1580)

Common Core (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (17771)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (11750)
  3. Common Core Facts (10233)
  4. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (7888)

Convention Center (4)

  1. Flawed Forecasts: A Critical Look at Convention Center Feasibility Studies (1272)
  2. If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About the Proposed Boston Convention Center (1213)
  3. Does Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Expansion Really Pay for Itself? (1205)
  4. Analyzing the Convention Center Authority's Inflated Claims (714)

Economic Opportunity (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (3773)
  2. Rebuilding the Ladder to Self- Sufficiency: Workfare and Welfare Reform (1534)
  3. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (1532)
  4. Playing the Lottery: The Impact of Interstate Relocation on Massachusetts Jobs (1411)

Education (4)

  1. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (11750)
  2. Common Core Facts (10233)
  3. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (7888)
  4. National Cost of Aligning States and Localities to the Common Core Standards (6710)

Fellowship (3)

  1. LCP Fellowship Application (534)
  2. Fellowship History (519)
  3. LCP Recommendation Form (451)

Health Care (4)

  1. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2498)
  2. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2294)
  3. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (1692)
  4. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (1585)

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 (2294)
  2. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (1585)
  3. Impact of the Federal Health Law’s “Cadillac Insurance Tax” in Massachusetts (1381)
  4. New ACA Medicare Payroll Tax Hits Massachusetts, $1.7 Billion Over 10 Years (1340)

Health Care Policy (MA) (4)

  1. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2498)
  2. Mayor, Tear Down This Wall: Why Boston’s Ban on Convenient Care Clinics Is Costing Taxpayers Millions (1692)
  3. Whistleblowers Expose the Massachusetts Connector (1585)
  4. Extreme Premium Increase Letter 12-26-12 (1560)

Higher Education (4)

  1. UMass At A Crossroads Part 1 Is The UMass Enrollment Expansion Plan Sustainable? (1674)
  2. UMass At A Crossroads Part 2 Is UMass Expansion Fiscally Sustainable? (1520)
  3. UMass At A Crossroads Part 3 UMass Growing Dependency On Tuition And Fees And Strategic Recruitment Of Out-Of-State Students (1440)
  4. Differentiating Admission Standards at UMass-Amherst to Meet Out-of-State Enrollment Targets (285)

Housing (4)

  1. Housing and Land Use Policy in Massachusetts (1393)
  2. The Power to Take: The Use of Eminent Domain in Massachusetts (1158)
  3. Housing Programs in Weak Market Neighborhoods (989)
  4. Regulation and the Rise of Housing Prices in Greater Boston: A study based on new data from 187 communities in eastern Massachusetts (748)

Media Guide (1)

  1. Pioneer Media Guide 2012 (485)

Miscellaneous (4)

  1. FY2013 Form 990 (1420)
  2. FY2012 Form 990 (1243)
  3. FY2013 Audited Financial Statements (1049)
  4. FY2010 Form 990 (1032)

Municipal Management (4)

  1. A New Start for Massachusetts Middle Cities (3773)
  2. Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities (2093)
  3. Municipal Guide Utility (1889)
  4. Ten Years Later: Trends in Urban Redevelopment (1532)

Pensions (4)

  1. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (2765)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (2368)
  3. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (1805)
  4. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (1534)

Policy Briefs (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3261)
  2. Baker's Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor (2498)
  3. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (2368)
  4. Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers (2294)

Presentations (4)

  1. Pioneer Institute Report on History in Schools (1388)
  2. School Choice Survey (1258)
  3. The Anti-Aid Amendments and School Choice (1172)
  4. School Vouchers in Washington, DC: Lessons for Massachusetts (1136)

Public Testimony (4)

  1. Review of Common Core Math Standards: Testimony to the California Academic Content Standards Commission (2259)
  2. Testimony to the Utah 2012 Education Interim Committee (1665)
  3. Testimony to the South Carolina Legislature’s Education Subcommittee in Support of S.604 (1254)
  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 (1187)

Regionalization Clearinghouse (4)

  1. Attleboro - North Attleborough Water Agreement (1016)
  2. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Public Health Agreement (956)
  3. Hawlemont Regional School District GIC Consolidation Agreement (819)
  4. Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport Animal Control Agreement (815)

Roe Better Government Network Research (4)

  1. Health Insurance Cost Control (1180)
  2. A National Market for Individual Health Insurance (1180)
  3. Massachusetts State Taxpayer Funded School Construction Grants (1119)
  4. Middle School Aspirations and Pathways to College (MAPS) (1111)

School Choice (4)

  1. Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (2916)
  2. Hands-On Achievement: Why Massachusetts Vocational Technical Schools Have Low Dropout Rates (2156)
  3. Seeds of Achievement: Appletree’s Early Childhood D.C. Charter Schools (1939)
  4. Expanding Access to Vocational-Technical Education in Massachusetts (1759)

Transcripts (4)

  1. Transcript: Why Huck Finn Matters: Classic Literature in Schooling (1761)
  2. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (1574)
  3. Lincoln’s Legacy for Our Time: A Transcript of Remarks Delivered by Civil War Historian James McPherson (1131)
  4. Driving Questions (1086)

Transportation (4)

  1. How to Save the MBTA More Than $100 million a year (3261)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (2368)
  3. The MBTA’s Out-of-Control Bus Maintenance Costs (1938)
  4. The Pacheco Law has cost the MBTA more than $450 million - here’s the evidence. (1492)

Unfunded Liabilities (4)

  1. MassPensions.com Update on Public Retirement Systems (2765)
  2. Myths and Reality about MBTA Pensions (2368)
  3. MassPensions: How Difficult Is Institutional Transparency? (1805)
  4. The Cost of Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Massachusetts Public Retirement Systems (1534)

US History (4)

  1. Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core (5267)
  2. Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools (3394)
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Study of American History in Massachusetts (1961)
  4. The Sacred Fire of Liberty (1574)

Virtual Learning (3)

  1. Online Learning 101: Starting a Virtual School And Its Challenges (4971)
  2. Regulating Virtual Schools (2966)
  3. Virtual Schools, Actual Learning (1077)

White Papers (4)

  1. Controlling Education from the Top (17771)
  2. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM (11750)
  3. Cogs in the Machine: Big Data, Common Core, and National Testing (7888)
  4. National Cost of Aligning States and Localities to the Common Core Standards (6710)

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

ANNUAL REPORTS

BETTER GOVERNMENT

BETTER GOVERNMENT COMPETITION

BOOK

CHARTER SCHOOLS

COMMON CORE

CONVENTION CENTER

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

EDUCATION

FELLOWSHIP

EXTERNAL

HEALTHCARE

HEALTHCARE POLICY (FEDERAL)

HEALTHCARE POLICY (MA)

HIGHER EDUCATION

HOUSING

MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT

PENSIONS

POLICY BRIEFS

PRESENTATIONS

PUBLIC TESTIMONY

REGIONAL NAVIGATION GUIDES

REGIONALIZATION CLEARINGHOUSE

ROE BETTER GOVERNMENT NETWORK RESEARCH

SCHOOL CHOICE

TRANSCRIPTS

TRANSPORTATION

UNFUNDED LIABILITIES

UNITED STATES HISTORY

VIRTUAL LEARNING

WHITE PAPERS