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Think Twice Weekly Report
August 30 - September 5, 2014
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
Fordham Institute Time to focus on tenure Commentary 9/5/2014
Fordham Institute Ferguson, reparations, and institutional roots Commentary 9/5/2014
Friedman Foundation Friday Freakout: No Sources for School Choice Success Commentary 9/5/2014
AEI The best college students think teaching is beneath them Commentary 9/4/2014
Ed Next 10 School Reform Phrases That Should Trigger Your BS Detector Commentary 9/4/2014
Ed Next Making Sense of the Ed-Reform Backlash Commentary 9/4/2014
Fordham Institute Connecting the dots: E. D. Hirsch, Jr., and Common Core Commentary 9/4/2014
George W. Bush Institute Corporate education reform? No, just measurements. Commentary 9/4/2014
Heritage Foundation Local News Airs ‘Homework Helper’ Videos for Parents Struggling With Common Core Requirements Commentary 9/4/2014
Hoover Institution Against the Common Core Commentary 9/4/2014
New America Foundation More than Ebook vs. Print: The Concept of ‘Media Mentors’ Commentary 9/4/2014
TNTP Coached and Now Coaching Commentary 9/4/2014
Brookings Institute School Superintendents: Vital or Irrelevant? Report 9/3/2014
Center on Education Policy Listen to American Opinions Commentary 9/3/2014
CRPE School Leadership in Washington State: Today's Leaders and Key Challenges They Face Report 9/3/2014
CRPE How To Improve Annual School District Report Cards Video 9/3/2014
Ed Next Choice and a Liberal Education Commentary 9/3/2014
Ed Next The Fall 2014 Issue of Education Next Is Here Commentary 9/3/2014
Education Trust Common Standards Will Allow Us to Assess What’s Working and What’s Not Commentary 9/3/2014
Fordham Institute 5 questions for Rick Hess Commentary 9/3/2014
Fordham Institute The states versus Secretary Duncan Commentary 9/3/2014
Fordham Institute Restarting the Common Core debate Commentary 9/3/2014
Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 9/3/2014
Friedman Foundation Oklahoma Children with Disabilities Denied Choice to Religious Schools Commentary 9/3/2014
Friedman Foundation BRIEF: School Choice in the States August 2014 Commentary 9/3/2014
Heartland Institute Grading Choice on a Curve Commentary 9/3/2014
Heartland Institute North Carolina Lawmakers Allow Waiting Kids to Enter Choice Program Commentary 9/3/2014
Mackinac Cener Michigan Education Digest Commentary 9/3/2014
Show-Me Institute The Score Is Falling! The Score Is Falling!—Or Not Commentary 9/3/2014
TNTP The Limits of “Building” Teachers Commentary 9/3/2014
Center of the American Experiment Mitch Pearlstein Debates MN2020's Michael Dietrich on Education (9.2.14) Podcast 9/2/2014
Ed Next Public School Groups Sue to Limit Public’s Educational Options Commentary 9/2/2014
Ed Next Is Arne Duncan’s Teacher Evaluation Moratorium Unnecessary? Commentary 9/2/2014
Education Trust Look Beyond the Politics of the Common Core Commentary 9/2/2014
Fordham Institute Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly Biweekly digest 9/2/2014
New America Foundation Bobby Jindal and the (Common Core) Morning After Commentary 9/2/2014
New America Foundation Bobby Jindal's Love-Hate Relationship With Common Core Commentary 9/2/2014
Pioneer Institute Imperiling the Republic: The Fate of U.S. History Instruction under Common Core Report 9/2/2014
Cato Institute Anti-School Choice Activists Demand Judge’s Recusal Because She’s Catholic Commentary 9/1/2014
Heritage Foundation State Supreme Court to Decide if Washington Will Allow Charter Schools Commentary 9/1/2014
ConnCAN School Report Cards: ConnCAN Grades Every Public School In Connecticut Commentary 8/28/2014

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