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Emory Uni. Prof. Mark Bauerlein on “The Dumbest Generation” & the Digital Age
/by Editorial Staff…the state and national level is so complicated. That I was on a school board for five years. We had about $115 million budget. I think my last year on…
DFER-MA’s Mary Tamer on MCAS & Teacher Strikes
/by Editorial Staff…a historic success. Could you talk about the Education Reform Act’s national and international successes, how MCAS has been a keystone of the Bay State’s remarkable achievements in K-12 education….
4 Steps to Upgrade Teacher & Administrator Prep Programs (by Sandra Stotsky)
/by Sandra Stotsky…education schools came from the massive review undertaken by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel for its report in 2008. It found no relationship between student achievement and traditional teacher education…
Taxation Without Legislation: Exploring Inflation’s Causes, Curses & Cures
/by Editorial Staff…policy remedies, and the likely intensity and duration of this cycle. Guest: Ramesh Ponnuru is Editor of National Review, where he has covered national politics and policy for 25 years….
Moving the goalposts on NCLB
/by Editorial Staff…requirement by adopting new national standards and national assessments in July 2010. No news there, and not good news given the mediocrity of the Common Core national standards (if you’re…
Full Disclosure
/by Jim Stergios…policy shops, and both proponents and opponents of national standards, and critics—agree that basic disclosure and avoidance of conflicts-of-interest are essential to good public policymaking? I certainly hope so. Look,…
Civics Education is More Important than Ever
/by Jamie Gass…such a looming threat to American society. A recent analysis of 15 leading high school civics programs published by Pioneer Institute and the National Association of Scholars (NAS) finds that…
Award-Winner Prof. David Reynolds on Abraham Lincoln & American Civil War Culture
/by Editorial Staff…Institute Book Award, the Ambassador Book Award, the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, John Hope Franklin Prize (Honorable Mention), and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is…
And now VA takes a pass on national standards
/by Jim StergiosBob Stuart of the News Virginian reports that now Virginia won’t jump onboard a push for national K-12 standards if it means dumping the state’s standardized test, the governor and…
Liya Palagashvili on the Security Threat from Losing Skilled Immigrants
/by Editorial Staff…more broadly, tell us about the impact of international students on US college campuses and the wider economy. Liya Palagashvili: So international students make up a large share programs at…
Study Highlights Best Practices In Summer Enrichment Programs
/by Editorial Staff…Connecticut’s Choate Rosemary Hall. Others, like Boston’s Steppingstone Academy and programs sponsored by Connecticut-based Horizons National are run by non-profits. Several don’t offer academic credit. Phillips Exeter Summer School Director…
Schools and the conventional wisdoms
/by Jim Stergios…“international competitiveness,” the driving force for DC-based policymakers since A Nation at Risk, if not 50 years before. At the Republican national convention, Jeb Bush and Condoleezza Rice made focused…
Bank of Big Brother: Exploring a National Digital Currency Future
/by Editorial Staffhttps://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/G45992/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1510131523-pioneerinstitute-episode-151-bank-of-big-brother-exploring-a-national-digital-currency-future.mp3 Joe Selvaggi talks with financial privacy and digital currency expert Nicholas Anthony of CATO Institute Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives about the potential benefits and risks were the…
Ashley Soifer on Microschools, Pods, & Homeschooling
/by Editorial Staffhttps://chrt.fm/track/4655F8/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/53378435/thelearningcurve_ashleysoifer.mp3 This week on The Learning Curve, cohosts Cara and Gerard speak with Ashley Soifer, Chief Innovation Officer of the National Microschooling Center. They discuss the rapid growth of these…
Control of costs a test for overhaul
/by Editorial Staffhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/07/01/court_approval_of_health_law_sets_national_stage_for_the_cost_limits_that_massachusetts_is_seeking/?page=3 Just as the health care overhaul in Massachusetts is widely accepted as the model for the national bill upheld as constitutional Thursday by the US Supreme Court, it is…
National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade
/by Kathleen MadiganThe case for national standards rests in part on the need to remedy the inconsistent purposes and inferior quality of many state standards and tests in order to equalize academic…
Immigration Unbound: After Title 42 Comes the Deluge
/by Editorial Staff…effects of the expiration of Title 42, a policy that had denied asylum claims during Covid-19. Guest: Todd Bensman is the Center For Immigration Studies’ Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow….
Spinning the Supreme Court’s healthcare decision
/by Editorial Staff…available. Universities offered experts on constitutional law, health policy, and the ACA’s impact on vulnerable citizens. The National Senior Citizens Law Center and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security…
The Boston Public Schools’ Road to Receivership
/by Cara Stillings Candal…Ultimately, it recommends that the state place BPS in receivership, a controversial model that may be the district’s best hope for recovery. Download The Boston Public Schools’ Road to Receivership…
Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road!
/by Steve Poftak…time (see previous complaints). It doesn’t make sense and any benefits can be easily achieved without inconveniencing large numbers of drivers. Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road! Crossposted at Boston Daily….
A Road to Financing
/by Pioneer Institute…Center for Urban Entrepreneurship that helps low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs by bolstering the skills of the community-based business advisors they look to for assistance. Download Report: A Road to Financing…
Realizing Rent Control: Targeted Tenant Relief or Broad-Based Road to Ruin
/by Editorial Staffhttps://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/G45992/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1452122503-pioneerinstitute-episode-141-realizing-rent-control-targeted-tenant-relief-or-broad-based-road-to-ruin.mp3 Joe Selvaggi talks with Greater Boston Real Estate Board’s President and CEO Greg Vasil about the likely effect on all residents of Boston of Mayor Wu’s rent control…
Transit Innovation Explored: A Bus As Fast As A Train?
/by Editorial Staff…the roadway in the mid. And you would cross the road on a pedestrian crosswalk and a signalize one. And then the bus station or bus stop would be in…
What Goldilocks Can Tell Us About The Cost Of Implementing The Common Core
/by Editorial Staff…endorsement of a middle-road approach that would cost Indiana about $117 million. Indiana is one of 45 states that have adopted the Common Core, which proponents say will create rigorous…
Education Reform in Massachusetts: Aligning District Curricula with State Frameworks
/by Editorial StaffThis study produced by Pioneer Institute’s Center for School Reform, analyzes school district performance assessment data reported by the Massachusetts Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (EQA). This agency audits…
Study Finds Common Core Math Standards Will Reduce Enrollment in High-Level High School Math Courses, Dumb Down College Stem Curriculum
/by Richard Phelps…high schools with weak mathematics and science instruction. Download Report: Study Finds Common Core Math Standards Will Reduce Enrollment in High-Level High School Math Courses, Dumb Down College Stem Curriculum…
Doubling Down on Doublespeak
/by Sandra Stotsky…The Book of Virtues and the Core Knowledge curriculum—and with Common Core’s ELA standards. Hirsch has consistently advocated for a content-oriented curriculum, while Common Core’s standards are chiefly content-free (and…