What Would the Founders Say About Common Core?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/what-would-the-founders-s_b_1562689.html Zachary Karabell, writing for Time magazine, claims “One of America’s favorite pastimes is to play the ‘what would the...
View ArticleHollywood’s in town
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2012/07/07/hollywood_arrives_in_small_massachusetts_towns_cash_in_hand_and_stars_on_location/?page=2 When the state started doling out tax breaks to attract...
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Countdown to Fiscal Sanity: Meeting the Challenge of the FY10 Budget
Meeting the Challenge of the FY10 Budget Author(s): Jim Stergios and Steve Poftak — Publication date: 2009-06-11 Category: Better Government Abstract: It took one day for the House of Representatives...
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Driving Reform: New Study on Real Solutions to Our Transportation Challenges
STUDY: TIE NEW FUNDING TO PERFORMANCE, IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION REFORM Phasing in additional money based on MassDOT performance will improve service Massachusetts’ aging transportation...
View ArticleVideo: Going Beyond in Lawrence, Mass.
Pioneer Institute believes that all kids deserve access to a great education. That’s why we have always supported choices for parents and students, whether through interdistrict programs,...
View ArticleVideo: Setting the Record Straight on Common Core
There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on Common Core national education standards and tests. In this first of two videos by Pioneer Institute, we seek to set the record straight...
View ArticleWatch “Building the Machine,” New Common Core Movie
“Building the Machine” is an excellent primer on the fatal deficiencies of Common Core national education standards. It features Pioneer’s Jim Stergios as well as all the major authors of Pioneer’s...
View ArticleBuilding the Machine – a review
What is Common Core? How did it start–and who drove it? Are the standards high? How will it change our understanding of authentic college-level work? Are Common Core proponents well-intentioned?...
View ArticleWGBH: METCO Matters As Never Before
Six decades ago, the Supreme Court’s unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision sought to ensure that all children had access to good educational institutions. With the civil rights movement’s...
View ArticleNew Report Outlines Massachusetts’ Experience with State Receiverships
Proposes legislation for MBTA emergency control board BOSTON – As a special gubernatorial panel reviews a broad slate of operational issues at the MBTA, Pioneer Institute is releasing a report that...
View ArticlePress Release: New Book Aims to Make Mass. National Leader in Economic Mobility
Calls for changes in education, healthcare, the delivery of public services, and economic development policies to increase social mobility and the public trust BOSTON – With the inauguration of a new...
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New Book: “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American...
With Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate about Academic Quality, Cost, and Illegal Federal Role in K-12 Education “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American...
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Getting the T Back on Track
The reforms that the Massachusetts Legislature advanced at the MBTA just two short years ago are having a tangible impact on the T’s financial viability and operations. In the near term, more remains...
View ArticleOp-ed: State should expand METCO
By Cheryl Brown Henderson and Jim Stergios The Boston Globe | MARCH 08, 2017 THE 50TH anniversary of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Metco), which allows about 3,300 Boston and...
View ArticleWith Federal Health Law Facing Repeal, New Book Offers Alternative
U-Turn: America’s Return to State Healthcare Solutions (114 pp, Pioneer Institute, Boston, $9.95) BOSTON — With Congress and the Trump administration debating the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new book...
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New Book: “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American...
With Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate about Academic Quality, Cost, and Illegal Federal Role in K-12 Education “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American...
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Getting the T Back on Track
The reforms that the Massachusetts Legislature advanced at the MBTA just two short years ago are having a tangible impact on the T’s financial viability and operations. In the near term, more remains...
View ArticleOp-ed: State should expand METCO
By Cheryl Brown Henderson and Jim Stergios The Boston Globe | MARCH 08, 2017 THE 50TH anniversary of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Metco), which allows about 3,300 Boston and...
View ArticleWith Federal Health Law Facing Repeal, New Book Offers Alternative
U-Turn: America’s Return to State Healthcare Solutions (114 pp, Pioneer Institute, Boston, $9.95) BOSTON — With Congress and the Trump administration debating the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new book...
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Sensible police reform includes changing ‘qualified immunity’ laws
This op-ed originally appeared in WGBH News, The Lowell Sun, The Fitchburg Sentinel & Gazette, Salem News, and the Gloucester Daily Times. By Jim Stergios and Charlie Chieppo Even in a time of...
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