Pioneer Institute
| Founder(s) | Lovett C. Peters |
|---|---|
| Established | 1988 |
| Chairman | Stephen D. Fantone |
| Executive Director | Jim Stergios[1] |
| Budget | Revenue: $1,588,496 Expenses: $1,655,532 (FYE September 2014)[2] |
| Address | 185 Devonshire Street, Suite 1101, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
| Website | pioneerinstitute |
The Pioneer Institute is a free-market think tank based in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] The organization was founded in 1988 by Lovett C. Peters. Pioneer's stated mission is "to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government."[4]
Activities
Pioneer conducts research in the area of education reform, including charter schools and standards-based education. Pioneer's educational reform work strongly influenced education changes in Massachusetts in the early 1990s.[5] The Institute created a fellowship program to train charter school entrepreneurs, which in 2003 became a separate non-profit organization, the Building Excellent Schools Foundation, which trains charter operators around the nation.[6] The Boston Globe wrote that the Pioneer Institute "has a national profile as the brains of the Common Core opposition."[7] Former Massachusetts Senate President Tom Birmingham, a Democrat, joined the Pioneer Institute in 2015 as Distinguished Senior Fellow in Education.[8]
The Institute also conducts research on healthcare policy, job and business creation, limited and effective state and local government, welfare reform, public pensions, public finance, and government transparency.[9]
See also
References
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External links
- Pioneer Institute website
- Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
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