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Think Twice Weekly Report
September 24 - September 30, 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
Ed Choice State Legislators Are Listening to You. Now What? Commentary 9/30/2016
Ed Next More on the Failure of Technocracy Commentary 9/30/2016
New America Foundation The Early Grades are Different: A Look at Student Surveys Commentary 9/30/2016
TNTP Engaged Parents and Communities: The Secret to Defying Expectations in D.C. Commentary 9/30/2016
Bellwether New Juvenile Justice Law Does a Lot for Students, But Not Enough Commentary 9/29/2016
Cato Institute Nevada Supreme Court: Education Savings Accounts Are Constitutional, Funding Mechanism Isn't Commentary 9/29/2016
CRPE An Outdated District Lens: Why State of Our Cities’ Focus Is Too Narrow Commentary 9/29/2016
Ed Next Virtual Reality Digs Into Brick-and-Mortar Schools Commentary 9/29/2016
Fordham Institute Charter School Boards in the Nation's Capital Report 9/29/2016
Heartland Institute Black Leaders Criticize NAACP, Black Lives Matter Commentary 9/29/2016
Mackinac Center Here are the Issues Facing Detroit Schools Commentary 9/29/2016
Mackinac Center State Policies Created School Pension Pain Commentary 9/29/2016
NCTQ The NCTQ Teacher Trendline Commentary 9/29/2016
New America Foundation Universal Pre-K, Open Enrollment, Millennial Parents, and City Living Commentary 9/29/2016
New America Foundation The Early Grades Are Different: A Look at SLOs Commentary 9/29/2016
Public Agenda To Keep Our Teachers in the Classroom, They Need More Support and More Of A Say Commentary 9/29/2016
Reason Foundation Nevada's Supreme Court put ESAs on hold, but there’s a big silver lining Commentary 9/29/2016
University of Arkansas Comparing Performance of Methods to Deal with Differential Attrition in Lottery Based Evaluations Report 9/29/2016
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty STEM Education: Beyond the Buzzword Report 9/29/2016
AEI 5 thoughts on the Trump-Clinton debate: Education edition Commentary 9/28/2016
AEI What it takes to build a culture of learning in America Commentary 9/28/2016
Cato Institute Turn "Banned Books Week" into "Educational Freedom Week" Commentary 9/28/2016
Center for American Progress Remedial Education: The Cost of Catching Up Report 9/28/2016
Ed Choice The Next Accountability Part 3: What We Don’t Want from Schools Commentary 9/28/2016
Ed Trust Literacy Assignment Analysis Guide Assignment guide 9/28/2016
Fordham Institute Why are 6.1 million students using Newsela? Commentary 9/28/2016
Fordham Institute Using the news to build knowledge Commentary 9/28/2016
Fordham Institute Most kids in America aren't on track for success. Why don't they and their parents know it? Commentary 9/28/2016
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 9/28/2016
Heritage Foundatiion I’m a Black Woman Whose Relatives Fought for Civil Rights. I’m Disappointed in NAACP’s War on School Choice. Commentary 9/28/2016
Manhattan Institute America's Education-Accountability Movement: Progress Or Retreat? Symposium 9/28/2016
New America Foundation Quality of Public Pre-K Highly Varied Across States Commentary 9/28/2016
New America Foundation The Early Grades are Different: A Look at Classroom Observations Commentary 9/28/2016
Reason Foundation Yuba City teachers give themselves a raise...with funds meant for kids in need Commentary 9/28/2016
Show-Me Institute Another Misguided Legal Attack On School Choice Commentary 9/28/2016
AEI Weave together the social fabric Commentary 9/27/2016
Bellwether Recap of Education Topics Covered in the First Presidential Debate Commentary 9/27/2016
Center for American Progress Top 5 Ways for Public Schools to Better Support Talented Students of Color Commentary 9/27/2016
CRPE Wells Fargo and the Atlanta Schools Testing Scandal Commentary 9/27/2016
Ed Choice How to Accurately Calculate the Fiscal Impact of School Voucher Programs Commentary 9/27/2016
Ed Next Technology's Unmet Progressive Promise Commentary 9/27/2016
New America Foundation Why Teacher Evaluation in the Early Grades is Different Commentary 9/27/2016
Pioneer Institute Massachusetts Charter Public Schools: Best Practices from the Phoenix Charter Academies Report 9/27/2016
TNTP What's In a Student Portfolio? Fishman Winners Weigh In On ESSA Commentary 9/27/2016
AEI Education takes 11th in '16 Commentary 9/26/2016
Bellwether There's A Huge Flaw in the "Teacher Shortage" Data Commentary 9/26/2016
Bellwether What a Cluster! Dispatch from #EdClusters16 Commentary 9/26/2016
Brookings Institute Why we probably won't hear much about K-12 education in tonight's debate Commentary 9/26/2016
Center of the American Experiment Students Need to Take Responsibility, Too Commentary 9/26/2016
Fordham Institute Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly Biweekly digest 9/26/2016
Heartland Institute Minnesota Teacher Tenure Lawsuit To Continue, Despite Vergara Ruling Commentary 9/26/2016
Pioneer Institute More Mass. Charter Public Schools: Daughter of Brown v. Board of Ed Plaintiff Makes the Case Commentary 9/26/2016

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