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Think Twice Weekly Report
May 13 - May 19, 2017
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 of the American Experiment MN High School Yearbook on Trump: “I would like to behead him” Commentary 5/19/2017
Center of the American Experiment K-12 Education Omnibus & Educator Licensing Bills: VETOED Commentary 5/19/2017
Ed Next Stone Soup and School Reform Commentary 5/19/2017
Fordham Institute Fancy private schools swim in Lake Wobegon Commentary 5/19/2017
Mackinac Center School Funding in Michigan Reaches All-Time High Commentary 5/19/2017
Manhattan Institute A Tax Credit Is a Great Way to Fulfill Trump's Pledge on School Choice Commentary 5/19/2017
Show-Me Institute School Choice Criticism: Heads We Win, Tails You Lose Commentary 5/19/2017
Bellwether What DeVos Could Be Saying About Education Innovation (But Isn’t) Commentary 5/18/2017
Brookings Institution Children who take the school bus have fewer absences Commentary 5/18/2017
Brookings Institution What we don’t know about high schools can hurt us Commentary 5/18/2017
ConnCAN 63 Years After The Historical Brown V. Board Of Education: How Far Have We Really Come? Commentary 5/18/2017
CRPE A Guide to Unifying Enrollment: The What, Why, and How for Those Considering It Report 5/18/2017
Ed Next The Challenge of Paying for a New Kind of Learning Commentary 5/18/2017
Education Trust Trends in State ESSA Plans: Defining Away Low Performance for Groups of Students Commentary 5/18/2017
Education Trust Reflecting on the 63rd Anniversary of the Brown v. Board Decision Commentary 5/18/2017
Heartland Institute Press Release: Heartland Institute Experts React To Minnesota Legislature Passing Tax-Credit Scholarships Commentary 5/18/2017
AEI Education Policy: Props, paper plans, and Pyrrhic victories Commentary 5/17/2017
AEI Fail better Commentary 5/17/2017
Bellwether This 40-Year-Old Supreme Court Case Allows States to Fund Schools Inequitably Commentary 5/17/2017
Cato Institute About That Private School Disability “Discrimination” Commentary 5/17/2017
Center of the American Experiment MN Teacher Licensing Bill Passed by House & Senate, Headed to Dayton Commentary 5/17/2017
Center of the American Experiment Lesson Learned! School Board Stands Up to Near-Mob of Protesters Commentary 5/17/2017
Ed Next Education Policy: Props, Paper Plans, and Pyrrhic Victories Commentary 5/17/2017
Education Trust Brown v. Board: The Fight for Integrated Classrooms Continues Commentary 5/17/2017
Education Trust ‘Education Remains the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’ Commentary 5/17/2017
Fordham Institute Are we asking charter schools to do too much? Commentary 5/17/2017
Fordham Institute Preparing students for work is the job of every educator—even English teachers Commentary 5/17/2017
Fordham Institute Unless they want to flunk virtually all high-poverty schools, policymakers should go for growth Commentary 5/17/2017
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 5/17/2017
Heartland Institute Local Michigan School Board Gets On The Privatization Bus Commentary 5/17/2017
New America Foundation Out Today: A Tale of Two Pre-K Leaders Commentary 5/17/2017
Bellwether This Financing Model Could Make School Buses Cheaper and Greener, But No One Is Using It Commentary 5/16/2017
Center of the American Experiment Dayton is vetoing good education legislation. We need your help. Commentary 5/16/2017
CRPE Increasing the Demand for High-Quality Schools in Cleveland Commentary 5/16/2017
Ed Next To Improve Education in America, Look Beyond the Traditional School Model Commentary 5/16/2017
Fordham Institute Don't let personalized learning become the processed food of education Commentary 5/16/2017
Heartland Institute Proposed Mandates Could Force Closing Of Independent Schools In Vermont Commentary 5/16/2017
Heartland Institute Texas ESAs Would Increase Teacher Pay, Study Finds Commentary 5/16/2017
Heartland Institute Texas Senate Amends Bill after Unusual Alliance Opposes School Choice Law Commentary 5/16/2017
Heartland Institute Could Trump Become Education’s Great Liberator? Commentary 5/16/2017
New America Foundation Contours of the Field: Native Languages of Dual Language Learners Commentary 5/16/2017
Public Impact Opportunity Culture Voices: When Students Own Their Academic Results, They Transform Their Schools Commentary 5/16/2017
WILL WILL Blog | NPR Reporting On Milwaukee School Choice Program Is Wrong, Misinformed Commentary 5/16/2017
AEI Keeping technocracy out of CTE Commentary 5/15/2017
Center of the American Experiment St. Paul Teacher Seeks to Hold District, and Students, Accountable for Assault Commentary 5/15/2017
Center of the American Experiment Dayton Vetoes Education Bill, Continues Push for Universal Pre-K Commentary 5/15/2017
Ed Next How is Policy Affecting Classroom Instruction? Commentary 5/15/2017
Fordham Institute Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly Biweekly digest 5/15/2017
Heartland Institute Utah Bill Would Require Additional Test for Alternative-Certified Teachers Commentary 5/15/2017
Heartland Institute When the Rubber Hits The Road To Unobstructed School Choice Commentary 5/15/2017
Heartland Institute New Hampshire Blows Opportunity to Become Nation’s Leader on Education Commentary 5/15/2017
AEI Charter school accountability | In 60 seconds Video 5/8/2017

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