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Watch: Rethinking Federal Intervention in K-12 Education

November 9, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The Heritage Foundation and Pioneer Institute co-hosted a panel discussion entitled “Rethinking Federal Intervention in K-12 Education”

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Brad Thomas, Common Core State Standards, Heritage Foundation, Jamie Gass, Lindsey Burke, Neal McCluskey, Patrick Wolf, Pioneer Institute, school choice, U.S. Department of Education

Study: Since Common Core Student Achievement Has Declined and School Choice Harmed

September 27, 2018 By truthinamed

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

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Neal McClusky, Patrick J. Wolf, Pioneer Institute, Standards-Based Reform, Theodor Rebarber

The Concord Review: Encouraging Good Writing by Publishing Good Writing

September 25, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Pioneer Institute, The Concord Review, Will Fitzhugh

Pioneer Institute Study: Massachusetts “Eviscerates” Its K-12 History Standards

June 21, 2018 By truthinamed

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

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: American Principles Project, David Randall, Jane Robbins, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework, National Association of Scholars, Pioneer Institute, white paper, Will Fitzhugh

Co-Author of 1993 MA Ed Reform Act Concerned About Current Policies

April 5, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, MCAS, MCAS 2.0, PARCC, Pioneer Institute, Tom Birmingham

Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Dissect Why Common Core Has Failed

January 8, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Media, Massachusetts, Pioneer Institute, Sandra Stotsky

Massachusetts’ New Standards Are Still Inferior to Pre-2010 Standards

December 14, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Pioneer Institute released a report co-written by Mark Bauerlein, R. James Milgram, and Jane Robbins that reviews Massachusetts new academic standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core ELA, Common Core Math, Common Core State Standards, Jane Robbins, Mark Bauerlein, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Academic Standards, Pioneer Institute, R. James Milgram, Whitepapers

It Is Too Expensive to Replace Common Core?

July 19, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

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?

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, Common Core Cost, Federalist Society, Lisa Cummins, Pacific Research Institute, Pioneer Institute, Spencer Stokes, Utah, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education, Utahns Against Common Core

Bill Bennett Doesn’t Know What He Is Talking About

May 16, 2017 By Jane Robbins

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.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Bill Bennett, Common Core State Standards, Every Student Succeeds Act, Massachusetts, Pioneer Institute

New Massachusetts Science Standards Are Subpar

December 5, 2016 By truthinamed

Massachusetts’ new science standards adopted by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education fall short according to a new Pioneer Institute study.

Filed Under: Next Generation Science Standards Tagged With: Massachusetts, Next Generation Science Standards, Paul Gross, Pioneer Institute, Pioneer Institute Whitepaper, Stan Metzenberg, Ze'ev Wurman

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