Pioneer Institute

Pioneer Institute is a free-market think tank based in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3] The organization was founded in 1988 by Lovett C. Peters.^[4] Pioneer's stated mission is "to develop and communicate dynamic ideas that advance prosperity and a vibrant civic life in Massachusetts and beyond."^[5]

Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research

Founder	Lovett C. Peters
Established	1988
Chair	Adam Portnoy
Executive Director	Jim Stergios[1]
Budget	Revenue: $2,178,130 Expenses: $1,822,097 (FYE September 2015)[2]
Address	185 Devonshire Street, Suite 1101, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Location	United States
Website	pioneerinstitute.org

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.^[6] 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.^[7] The Boston Globe wrote that the Pioneer Institute "has a national profile as the brains of the Common Core opposition."^[8] Former Massachusetts Senate President Tom Birmingham, a Democrat, joined the Pioneer Institute in 2015 as Distinguished Senior Fellow in Education.^[9]

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.^[10]

See also

• Charlie Baker, former executive director^[11]
• List of think tanks