Study: After-School Programs C...
Philanthropic, other organizations should consider providing financial assistance to allow programs to expand into lower-income...
read morePhilanthropic, other organizations should consider providing financial assistance to allow programs to expand into lower-income...
read moreCurriculum centralization has failed to improve international competitiveness—it’s time to re-think curriculum standards-based reform...
read moreBOSTON – A new video highlights the work of Will Fitzhugh, who for years has operated The Concord Review, a journal that...
read moreRead op-eds about the film, by Raymond Flynn, former Ambassador to the Holy See, and Pioneer’s Jamie Gass in The Daily Caller, The...
read moreRead news coverage: “Report warns of falling test scores” (Salem News, Newburyport Daily News, Gloucester Times). Both 2010 and 2017...
read moreOn Tuesday, April 4th, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston, Pioneer Institute held a forum (see press...
read moreMassachusetts should be cautious in updating its highly regarded history standards BOSTON – As Massachusetts sets about the...
read more“It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery,” British dramatist John Gay wrote about Jonathan Swift’s 1726...
read moreSingular focus on workforce development conflicts with Catholic schools’ academic, spiritual and moral mission BOSTON – The...
read moreThomas Birmingham – It’s often said that what isn’t tested isn’t taught. At the same time, recent federal laws compel far too...
read moreby Richard Phelps – Many billions have been spent, and continue to be spent, promoting the Common Core Standards and their...
read moreThis February marks the 190th anniversary of James Fenimore Cooper’s historical novel “The Last of the Mohicans,” a masterpiece of...
read moreby Richard P. Phelps – The Fordham Institute has long been at work on a study of the relative quality of tests produced by the...
read moreAttacks on MCAS for not producing “college-ready” graduates demonstrates lack of understanding of test’s purpose BOSTON – Political...
read moreAn op-ed in Tuesday’s Boston Globe urges Massachusetts policymakers to adopt the Common Core-aligned PARCC test because MCAS is...
read moreStudy: MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better Information than PARCC Authors call for state to phase out both PARCC...
read moreWith Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate about Academic Quality, Cost, and Illegal Federal Role in K-12...
read moreThe release of 2015 MCAS results together with a patchwork of preliminary 2015 PARCC testing results provides little new information...
read moreBy Jamie Gass – Oh, what sorrow, Pity, pain, That tears and blood Should mix like rain In Mississippi! And terror, fetid hot,...
read moreProgram 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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