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Download full textRandall, David – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2022
This report, intended primarily for civics reformers considering how best to defend and improve traditional American civics education, surveys a selection of different civics offerings, both the traditional and the radical. Surveyed providers include organizations such as the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, We the People, and Hillsdale…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Educational Change, Partnerships in Education
Flores, John; Clancy, David – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2020
With Massachusetts' school closure extending until the end of the 2019-20 academic year, Pioneer Institute urges that Massachusetts schools offer meaningful online and virtual learning programs, doing everything possible to eliminate problematic inconsistencies across Bay State school districts. Pioneer further urges Massachusetts to develop and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Online Courses, Distance Education, Planning
Rebarber, Theodor; McCluskey, Neal – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2018
The Common Core curriculum standards represent the culmination of nearly three decades of federally driven centralization of curriculum--including content, pedagogy, and curriculum-based testing--in American K-12 education. Over the course of this period, decisions moved further away from schools and school systems upward toward higher levels of…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, School Choice, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Candal, Cara Stillings – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016
The ongoing push to raise or eliminate the charter school cap in Massachusetts provides an opportunity to reflect upon the purpose of charter schools. When the legislature created the Commonwealth's charter school law, as a part of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA), it clearly stated a main reason for these new schools was…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, State Legislation, Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
Candal, Cara Stillings – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016
Holyoke Community Charter School (HCCS) provides high quality educational opportunities to students and families in a city where such opportunities are not widely available. A long waitlist, high lottery subscription, and low attrition rate are all evidence of community demand for the school. Student outcomes that surpass the district of Holyoke…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Best Practices, Data Collection
Evers, Williamson M. – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2015
This report provides the historical background and interpretive analysis needed to understand controversies surrounding Common Core and its associated tests. In this report, Williamson M. Evers presents a revised and expanded version of his expert report for "Jindal v. United States Department of Education et al.," No. 14-CV- 534 (M.D.…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Common Core State Standards, Compliance (Legal), Educational History
