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Sunshine Week 2024

March 14, 2024

Partly Sunny with a Chance of Transparency As Pioneer Institute…

Study: Ed Reform Has Improved Academic Performance and Equity

February 22, 2024

Over the past 30 years, rigorous standards, assessments, and accountability for outcomes have propelled Massachusetts public schools to become the nation’s best. Taking away the high-stakes component of MCAS would weaken the accountability system and lead stakeholders to de-emphasize the assessment data that drives high-quality instruction, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.

Harvard’s Sullied Halo: Journalists Teach Lesson on Plagiarism

January 16, 2024

Joe Selvaggi talks with investigative reporter Chris Brunet about his role investigating and exposing former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s academic plagiarism, a story that lead to her eventual resignation.

Pioneer Study: Specifics on School Pandemic Relief Spending Hard to Come By

November 7, 2023

With the deadline for spending $2.9 billion in federal pandemic relief funds now less than a year away, it’s difficult to know exactly how Massachusetts school districts are spending the money and what impact those expenditures are having on students, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.

New Book Calls on States to Improve U.S. History and Civics Education

October 25, 2023

Pioneer Institute is today releasing Restoring the City on a Hill: U.S. History and Civics in America's Schools, which details the decline of history and civics knowledge among students and offers a plan for how states and local school districts can foster understanding of and curiosity about our nation's history.