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Think Twice Weekly Report
September 15 - September 21, 2012
The Think Twice Weekly Report is a compilation of education-related articles and reports posted each week by the think tanks monitored as part of the Think Twice think tank review project funded by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice.

Think Tank Title Type Release Date
Center for American Progress The Stealth Inequities of School Funding Report 9/21/2012
Heartland Institute Daily Top Ten School Reform News Roundup, Sept. 17 to 21 Weekly digest 9/21/2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Florida school choice—great, but could be better Commentary 9/21/2012
EdTrust-Midwest ETM Releases New Report on Strengthening Michigan’s Teachers Report 9/20/2012
Heartland Institute Daily Top Ten School Reform News Roundup, Sept. 10 to 14 Weekly digest 9/20/2012
American Enterprise Institute McShane: Education reform after the Chicago strike Commentary 9/20/2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute The Chicago strike’s silver lining Commentary 9/20/2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Third-grade reading guarantee: Is money the answer? Commentary 9/20/2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 9/20/2012
Reason Foundation 21st Century Schools Require 21st Century Finance Commentary 9/20/2012
Center for Education Policy State High School Exit Exams: A Policy in Transition Report 9/19/2012
Center for Reinventing Public Education Modernizing the State Education Agency: Different Paths Toward Performance Management Report 9/19/2012
Education Next In Chicago — Phony Merit Pay is Dead, Long Live True Merit Pay Commentary 9/19/2012
Education Next The Opportunity to Create More Champion Teachers Commentary 9/19/2012
EdSector The Chicago Salary Settlement in Two Charts Commentary 9/19/2012
New America Foundation Counting Kids and Tracking Funds in Pre-K and Kindergarten Report 9/18/2012
ConnCAN Haters Gonna Hate Commentary 9/18/2012
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Michigan Education Digest Weekly digest 9/18/2012
American Enterprise Institute Hess on Huckabee: Chicago Teachers on Strike Audio 9/17/2012
Buckeye Institute Teachers Unions Battle Change in Chicago Commentary 9/17/2012
StudentsFirst Statement from StudentsFirst funder and CEO Michelle Rhee Commentary 9/16/2012

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