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Study Finds Declining Student ...

Sep 26, 2018 by

Study Finds Declining Student Achievement and Increased Harm to School Choice Since Common Core

Curriculum centralization has failed to improve international competitiveness—it’s time to re-think curriculum standards-based reform...

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Video Highlights Long-Running ...

Sep 11, 2018 by

Video Highlights Long-Running Journal that Publishes History Essays by High School Students

BOSTON – A new video highlights the work of Will Fitzhugh, who for years has operated The Concord Review, a journal that...

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New Documentary Highlights Imp...

Jan 22, 2018 by

New Documentary Highlights Impact of Bigoted “Blaine Amendments”

Read op-eds about the film, by Raymond Flynn, former Ambassador to the Holy See, and Pioneer’s Jamie Gass in The Daily Caller, The...

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Study: Updated Massachusetts K...

Dec 12, 2017 by

Study: Updated Massachusetts K-12 Standards Are Worse in English, Still Mediocre in Math

Read news coverage: “Report warns of falling test scores” (Salem News, Newburyport Daily News, Gloucester Times). Both 2010 and 2017...

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Commemorating The 100th Annive...

Apr 7, 2017 by

Commemorating The 100th Anniversary Of U.S. Entry Into World War I

On Tuesday, April 4th, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston, Pioneer Institute held a forum (see press...

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Study Highlights Best Practice...

Jan 10, 2017 by

Study Highlights Best Practices For Establishing and Updating K-12 History Standards

Massachusetts should be cautious in updating its highly regarded history standards BOSTON – As Massachusetts sets about the...

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Curriculum deserves swift retu...

Oct 27, 2016 by

Curriculum deserves swift return of classics

“It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery,” British dramatist John Gay wrote about Jonathan Swift’s 1726...

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Common Core Incompatible With ...

Oct 12, 2016 by

Common Core Incompatible With Catholic Education

Singular focus on workforce development conflicts with Catholic schools’ academic, spiritual and moral mission BOSTON – The...

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Teaching American History: A S...

Aug 25, 2016 by

Teaching American History: A Straightforward Fix For The Bay State

Thomas Birmingham – It’s often said that what isn’t tested isn’t taught.  At the same time, recent federal laws compel far too...

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The Education Writers Associat...

Apr 28, 2016 by

The Education Writers Association casts its narrowing gaze on Boston, May 1-3

by Richard Phelps – Many billions have been spent, and continue to be spent, promoting the Common Core Standards and their...

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Sacrificing high standards to ...

Feb 24, 2016 by

Sacrificing high standards to Common Core

This February marks the 190th anniversary of James Fenimore Cooper’s historical novel “The Last of the Mohicans,” a masterpiece of...

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Fordham’s PARCC v. MCAS Report...

Feb 16, 2016 by

Fordham’s PARCC v. MCAS Report Falls Short

by Richard P. Phelps – The Fordham Institute has long been at work on a study of the relative quality of tests produced by the...

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Study: Poor Performance of Oth...

Nov 14, 2015 by

Study: Poor Performance of Other States in PARCC Consortium Would Translate to Lower Standards for Mass.

Attacks on MCAS for not producing “college-ready” graduates demonstrates lack of understanding of test’s purpose BOSTON – Political...

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What Two 1993 Massachusetts Ed...

Nov 4, 2015 by

What Two 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Co-Authors Think About Common Core-PARCC and Charter Public Schools

An op-ed in Tuesday’s Boston Globe urges Massachusetts policymakers to adopt the Common Core-aligned PARCC test because MCAS is...

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Testing the Tests: Why MCAS Is...

Oct 27, 2015 by

Testing the Tests: Why MCAS Is Better Than PARCC

Study:  MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better Information than PARCC  Authors call for state to phase out both PARCC...

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New Book: “Drilling through th...

Sep 28, 2015 by

New Book: “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American Education”

With Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate about Academic Quality, Cost, and Illegal Federal Role in K-12...

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Pioneer Statement on 2015 MCAS...

Sep 23, 2015 by

Pioneer Statement on 2015 MCAS Results and Preliminary, Incomplete 2015 PARCC Results

The release of 2015 MCAS results together with a patchwork of preliminary 2015 PARCC testing results provides little new information...

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Teach the tale of Emmitt Till

Aug 27, 2015 by

Teach the tale of Emmitt Till

By Jamie Gass – Oh, what sorrow, Pity, pain, That tears and blood Should mix like rain In Mississippi! And terror, fetid hot,...

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New Study Proposes School Vouc...

Jul 30, 2015 by

New Study Proposes School Voucher Plan for 10,000 Low-Income Massachusetts Students

Program would offer vouchers of $6,000 to $8,000 at no net cost to taxpayers BOSTON – In the wake of a North Carolina court...

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Study: Common Core and Two Tes...

Jul 22, 2015 by

Study: Common Core and Two Testing Consortia Violate Federal Laws

Study: Common Core and Two Testing Consortia Violate Federal Laws, Are Unlikely to Improve Academic Achievement “Competitive...

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