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Time to End Mass. Legislature’s Self-Exemption from Open Meeting Law

February 25, 2016

PRESS RELEASE: Pioneer Contends the Legislature’s Self-Exemption…

Study: Continuing Decline Over Last Decade In Massachusetts’ “Middle Cities”

February 11, 2016

Read news coverage of this report in The Springfield Republican, The…

Testing the Tests: Why MCAS Is Better Than PARCC

October 27, 2015

Study: MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better…

Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates on K-12 Education Policy

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October 20, 2014

K-12 education policy too often is the province of powerful special…

Study: 5% Increase in Spending Could End Urban Charter School Waitlists in Failing Districts

July 10, 2014

Study: Urban Charter School Waitlists Could Be Nearly Eliminated…

General Court Silent On Connector Meltdown: Connector Playing Whac-A-Mole With Enrollment

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January 13, 2014

Due to poor project management and failing IT contractors, the…

Will ACA Cause Rate Shock in Massachusetts? It Appears So, Small Biz To See Premiums Rise Up to 97%

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August 20, 2013

Conventional wisdom has held that the ACA impact on Massachusetts…

Pioneer’s Public Statement on the Conference Committee Budget

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July 11, 2013

LEGISLATURE’S FY 2014 BUDGET IS THE STATUS QUO, JUST MORE OF…

10 Questions About ACA/Obamacare Implementation in Massachusetts That Need to be Answered

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June 19, 2013

1. Why is Massachusetts giving the federal government…

Sandra Stotsky Discusses Common Core

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April 9, 2013

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas,…

Fall River Herald News: Mass. students miss out on Native American history

November 22, 2012

Understanding the complexity our country’s Native American past requires knowing U.S. history. Preferring softer 21st century skills like “media awareness” and “systems thinking” to academics, the Patrick administration in 2009 postponed a requirement, starting with the class of 2012, that Massachusetts public school students pass a U.S. history MCAS test to graduate from high school.

Health Care Payment Reform’s New Bureaucracies

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October 20, 2012

In Part 3 of Pioneer Institute’s series on Massachusetts’…

Big “Cadillac Tax” Ahead for Massachusetts’ Middle Class

October 5, 2012

A new brief from Pioneer Institute, The Impact of the Federal Health Law’s “Cadillac Insurance Tax” in Massachusetts, estimates additional costs associated with the ACA's so-called "Cadillac tax," will affect well over 50% of workers in Massachusetts.