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Think Twice Weekly Report
March 16 - March 22, 2013

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 Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement How Mayor-Led Districts Are Improving School and Student Performance Report 3/22/2013
Center for American Progress Top 5 Things to Know About Mayoral Control of Schools Commentary 3/22/2013
ConnCAN Every child deserves the best teachers Commentary 3/22/2013
Education Next Accountability Dilemmas Commentary 3/22/2013
Cato Institute “Nice Charter School Bill You Got There… Shame If Anything Were To Happen To It” Commentary 3/21/2013
Cato Institute Beware the Data, II Commentary 3/21/2013
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice North Dakota K-12 & School Choice Survey Report 3/21/2013
Reason Foundation What a Recent Labor-Relations Decision Teaches Us About the Meaning of “Public” and “Private” Commentary 3/21/2013
StudentsFirst Getting it Right: Teacher Evaluations Commentary 3/21/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Charters for the gifted and talented? Commentary 3/21/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 3/21/2013
WPRI Does Milwaukee Voucher Program Enable Diploma Mills? Commentary 3/21/2013
Brookings Institution Education Technology: The Next Generation Video of event 3/20/2013
Brookings Institution Is Tracking and Ability Grouping Making a Comeback? Commentary 3/20/2013
Cato Institute School Choice Gains Momentum in Idaho Commentary 3/20/2013
Harvard PEPG Which Teachers Would Choose a Defined Contribution Pension Plan? Evidence from the Florida Retirement System Report 3/20/2013
Illinois Policy Institute Khan Academy launches classroom pilot program in Idaho Commentary 3/20/2013
Third Way Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education Report 3/20/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute SIG, tests, and state legislative proposals Commentary 3/20/2013
Mackinac Center Michigan Education Digest Weekly digest 3/19/2013
Brookings Institution 2013 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? Report 3/18/2013

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