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Think Twice Weekly Report
January 1 - January 8, 2016
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
ConnCAN ConnCAN Offers Statement Urging State To Stay The Course On SBAC Commentary 1/8/2016
Fordham Institute Why parents don't need to fear Common Core math Commentary 1/8/2016
New America Foundation Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships One Year in the Making Commentary 1/8/2016
Show-Me Institute Increasing Teacher Pay From On High Is Simply Bad Policy Commentary 1/8/2016
AEI AP at Scale: Public School Students in Advanced Placement, 1990–2013 Report 1/7/2016
AEI A long look at AP students in public schools Commentary 1/7/2016
Show-Me Institute New Study Shows Negative Effect For Vouchers. We’ve Got Some Explaining To Do. Commentary 1/7/2016
Center of the American Experiment Why Do So Many American and Minnesota Students Not Work Very Hard? And How Their Underwhelming Efforts Undermine Education Reform Commentary 1/6/2016
EdNext Reason for Despair, Reason for Hope Commentary 1/6/2016
Fordham Institute The five themes of ESSA coverage Commentary 1/6/2016
Fordham Institute Trump's rise, civic education's fall Commentary 1/6/2016
Fordham Institute The miseducation of Donald Trump voters Commentary 1/6/2016
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 1/6/2016
Friedman Foundation BRIEF: School Choice in the States December 2015 Commentary 1/6/2016
Heartland Institute West Virginia Education Chief Announces Common Core Repeal Commentary 1/6/2016
New America Foundation What Candidates Should be Talking about in 2016: Six Ideas from New America Commentary 1/6/2016
ALEC Inez Feltscher Defends School Choice in O.C. Register Commentary 1/5/2016
Bellwether Education Phrases Worth Ditching in 2016 Commentary 1/5/2016
Brookings Institute Promoting a quality teaching force Commentary 1/5/2016
Cato Institute The Unintended Consequences of Regulating School Choice Commentary 1/5/2016
EdNext The Folly of Overregulating School Choice Commentary 1/5/2016
Friedman Foundation The Five Best and Worst School Choice Moments of 2015 Commentary 1/5/2016
Heartland Institute School Choice Advocates Concerned New Louisiana Governor Will Roll Back Reforms Commentary 1/5/2016
AEI A remarkable feat in education Commentary 1/4/2016
ALEC Supreme Court Set to Review Forced Union Contributions from Teachers Commentary 1/4/2016
Brookings Institute New school accountability measures must be careful not to reinforce student poverty Commentary 1/4/2016
Education Trust Two Dispelling the Myth Principals Talk about Believing in Kids Commentary 1/4/2016
Heartland Institute Massachusetts Reformers Collect Enough Signatures for Common Core Ballot Question Commentary 1/4/2016
Heartland Institute New York City Mayor Files Amicus Brief in Teachers Union Case Commentary 1/4/2016
School Choice Wisconsin Fed. Dept. of Justice: No Discrimination in Parental Choice Program Commentary 1/4/2016
Reason Foundation NAEP Scores Highlight Achievement Gap in Texas School Districts Commentary 1/3/2016
Heartland Institute ‘Choosing Charters’ Website Launched by Michigan Think Tank Commentary 1/1/2016

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