Watch: Rethinking Federal Intervention in K-12 Education
The Heritage Foundation and Pioneer Institute co-hosted a panel discussion entitled “Rethinking Federal Intervention in K-12 Education”
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Study: Since Common Core Student Achievement Has Declined and School Choice Harmed
Pioneer Institute Study: Curriculum centralization has failed to improve international competitiveness—it’s time to re-think curriculum standards-based reform
The Concord Review: Encouraging Good Writing by Publishing Good Writing
The Concord Review, founded in 1987 by Will Fitzhugh, has published over 1300 history papers written by secondary students from all over the world in 118 quarterly issues.
Pioneer Institute Study: Massachusetts “Eviscerates” Its K-12 History Standards
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education should reject a proposed rewrite of the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework in its entirety and immediately restore the state’s 2003 framework
Co-Author of 1993 MA Ed Reform Act Concerned About Current Policies
Massachusetts Education Reform Act co-author and former Senate President Tom Birmingham praised the historic success that has been achieved since the law was enacted in 1993, but expressed concern that the Commonwealth is veering away from basic principles of the law that produced that success.
Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Dissect Why Common Core Has Failed
Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky drill down on a new report from the Pioneer Institute that shows how the move to Common Core and their subsequent “new standards” hurt Massachusetts student achievement.
Massachusetts’ New Standards Are Still Inferior to Pre-2010 Standards
The Pioneer Institute released a report co-written by Mark Bauerlein, R. James Milgram, and Jane Robbins that reviews Massachusetts new academic standards.
It Is Too Expensive to Replace Common Core?
If it will cost Utah $100 million to replace the Common Core State Standards how much did it cost to implement these sub par standards in the first place?
Bill Bennett Doesn’t Know What He Is Talking About
Jane Robbins: Some of the points that former education secretary Bill Bennett made in his op/ed defending the Every Student Succeeds Act are confused.
New Massachusetts Science Standards Are Subpar
Massachusetts’ new science standards adopted by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education fall short according to a new Pioneer Institute study.