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Think Twice Weekly Report
November 15 - November 21, 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
George W. Bush Institute Four Points to Know About School Accountability Commentary 11/21/2014
New America Foundation Skills for Success: Supporting and Assessing Key Habits, Mindsets, and Skills in PreK-12 Report 11/21/2014
New America Foundation Financing Dual Language Learning: The Data Matter Commentary 11/21/2014
AEI Banter #164: Cami Anderson Podcast 11/20/2014
Brookings Institution Skipping School is Bad News, Even for Pre-K Commentary 11/20/2014
CRPE Collision Course: School Discipline and Education Reform Commentary 11/20/2014
EdNext Does Better Observation Make Better Teachers? Commentary 11/20/2014
Fordham Institute Education innovation: Lessons from Latin America Commentary 11/20/2014
Fordham Institute D.C.’s outstanding and improving charter school sector Commentary 11/20/2014
Fordham Institute The AFT's phony war on Time Commentary 11/20/2014
George W. Bush Institute Ask Hispanic Parents: They Want Their Kids Tested Commentary 11/20/2014
New America Foundation Open Education Resources: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble Commentary 11/20/2014
New America Foundation What’s the Secret Sauce for an Effective Head Start Program? Commentary 11/20/2014
TNTP Crunching Our Coaching Data Commentary 11/20/2014
AEI Better Data, Better Decisions: Informing School Choosers to Improve Education Markets Report 11/19/2014
ConnCAN A Crisis We Can Solve: Connecticut’s Failing Schools and Their Impact Report 11/19/2014
EdNext Cami Anderson and the Forces of Unreason Commentary 11/19/2014
EdNext How To Get Blended Learning Right Commentary 11/19/2014
EdNext Moving Toward a Teaching Profession Commentary 11/19/2014
Fordham Institute A five-point plan to resuscitate Catholic schools Commentary 11/19/2014
Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Biweekly Weekly digest 11/19/2014
Friedman Foundation Keeping Up with Indiana Private Schools of Choice Commentary 11/19/2014
Heartland Institute Common Core Test Chaos, Take 27 Commentary 11/19/2014
New America Foundation Financing Dual Language Learning: Here’s How it Works Commentary 11/19/2014
New America Foundation Storify: Worthy Work, Still Unlivable Wages Commentary 11/19/2014
Show-Me Institute Education: A Way Out Commentary 11/19/2014
Bellwether School Funding Reform, Hard Work and Fraught with Potential Commentary 11/18/2014
Bellwether Teacher Opposition to Merit Pay: It’s More Than Risk Aversion Commentary 11/18/2014
CRPE Inclusiveness, Simplicity, Flexibility Are Key to Next-Generation Accountability Commentary 11/18/2014
EdNext Teachers’ Unions Support Local Collective Bargaining…Except When it Comes to Their Pensions Commentary 11/18/2014
EdNext Do Teachers Support the Vergara Decision? Commentary 11/18/2014
Fordham Institute It’s going to take time, a whole lot of precious time Commentary 11/18/2014
Fordham Institute Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly Biweekly digest 11/18/2014
George W. Bush Institute Actually, State Tests Don't Take That Much Time Away from the Classroom Commentary 11/18/2014
New America Foundation Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study Report 11/18/2014
TNTP Top Teachers Beg, Borrow & Steal Commentary 11/18/2014
AEI Cami Anderson and the forces of unreason Commentary 11/17/2014
Cato Institute Scaring Students For Their Own Good Commentary 11/17/2014
Education Trust Why I Teach Where I Teach: Collaboration With My Colleagues Keeps Me Going Commentary 11/17/2014
Fordham Institute How spending money wisely can improve student outcomes Commentary 11/17/2014
Fordham Institute Forget competency frameworks; leadership is all about followership Commentary 11/17/2014
Fordham Institute New ESEA waiver guidance will sink schools where all boats are rising Commentary 11/17/2014
Heritage Foundation Study: Kids Don’t Eat Much of Healthy School Lunches Commentary 11/17/2014
Cato Institute Illegal “No Child” Waivers Should Raise Much Louder Alarms Commentary 11/14/2014
Friedman Foundation Friday Freakout: What Teachers Say to School Choice Advocates vol. 1 Commentary 11/14/2014
CRPE Breaking New Ground in Rural Education Report 11/13/2014

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