This Week at Pioneer › Removing Barriers to Catholic Education

On the eve of St. Patrick's Day, Pioneer Institute held an event on Catholic education in Massachusetts, highlighting its success as compared to state and national average student performance on standardized tests, and exploring ways to make it more accessible to working class families. The event featured high-profile speakers including Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and three-term Mayor of Boston, Raymond L. Flynn, who delivered the keynote address. During the event, Pioneer released its newest education research paper, "Be Not Afraid": A History of Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts. Click here to read the press release, and click here to view photos.

Click here to read an article published in this Sunday's edition of the Boston Herald ("Tax Credits Pushed for Private School Families"), and click here to listen to Jamie Gass and Ambassador Flynn discuss this topic on Dan Rea's WBZ radio show. Ambassador Flynn's op-eds on the topic have been published in several regional newspapers. Click here for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette piece, here for the Lowell Sun, here for the Fall River Herald News, and here for the Dorchester Reporter. Ambassador Flynn and Jamie Gass are scheduled to appear on WRKO's Finneran and Feinberg this Friday at 7:30 am. Please tune in!