Pioneer Institute - Research and Publications

Research and Publications

Each year, the Institute releases white papers and policy briefs on education reform, health care policy, state economic analysis, and municipal management, as well as public testimony and public opinion surveys. It also distributes video and other marketing materials. A partial listing of recent research follows: The Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities A Changing Bureaucracy: The History of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Urban and Rural Poverty and Student Achievement in Massachusetts National Cost of Aligning States and Localities to the Common Core Standards The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers Innovative Medical Liability Reform: Traditional and Non-Traditional Methods Recovering from a Recession: The Role of Start-Ups

Over the years, Pioneer has produced 15 books on topics ranging from welfare reform and workers' compensation, to bilingual education and school choice. In 2012, Pioneer published a health care policy book, The Great Experiment: The States, The Feds, and Your Healthcare, edited and co-authored by Josh Archambault, with an introduction by Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey Flier, and contributions by James C. Capretta, Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Amy M. Lischko, Pioneer Institute's senior fellow on health care and Associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tom P. Miller, Resident fellow at the AEI, and Jennifer Powell, veteran journalist, Boston Herald. The book's stated purpose is to provide a non-ideological appraisal of state health care experiments, including the Massachusetts law of 2006, and to offer a policy direction for the country aimed toward more affordable and innovative care.