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Think Twice Weekly Report
May 20 - May 26, 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 Teachers Union Urges Resistance to DeVos & “Cruel” Education Budget Commentary 5/25/2017
Ed Next How Two Business-Savvy Nonprofits Are Breathing New Life Into Philadelphia’s Struggling Catholic Schools Commentary 5/25/2017
Ed Next Mixed Emotions on Trump’s Education Budget Commentary 5/25/2017
AEI The positive privatization narrative Commentary 5/24/2017
Brookings Institution Start high school later for better academic outcomes Commentary 5/24/2017
Ed Next The Politics & Partisanship of the Education Reform Debate: Why Being ‘Right’ Isn’t Enough Commentary 5/24/2017
Fordham Institute The politics & partisanship of America's education reform debate: Time for a suburban strategy? Commentary 5/24/2017
Fordham Institute A union's abhorrent snub of the National Teacher of the Year Commentary 5/24/2017
NCTQ Preparing New Teachers for the “What” and “How” to Teach Commentary 5/24/2017
New America Foundation Measuring Pre-K Access and Quality with New and Improved Benchmarks Commentary 5/24/2017
AEI Lessons learned from the Common Core | Viewpoint Video 5/24/2017
Show-Me Institute Essay: Education, Income, And Social Behavior Across Missouri Commentary 5/24/2017
WILL WILL Op-Ed | Fact Checking U.S. Representative Pocan’s Smear Of School Choice Commentary 5/24/2017
AEI Trump’s education budget has priorities, but not a plan Commentary 5/23/2017
CRPE In a Changing Rural America, What Can Charter Schools Offer? Commentary 5/23/2017
Ed Next The Summer 2017 Issue of Education Next Is Here! Commentary 5/23/2017
Ed Next AFT Still Working At Cross-Purposes with Teachers’ Interests Commentary 5/23/2017
Education Trust Quick Take on the President’s 2018 Budget Request Commentary 5/23/2017
Fordham Institute Child-centered school proposals should prompt rigorous authorizing—not lazy denials Commentary 5/23/2017
Fordham Institute Linda Darling-Hammond: Inapplicable insights Commentary 5/23/2017
Fordham Institute A Washington suburb's praiseworthy plan to narrow the excellence gap Commentary 5/23/2017
New America Foundation The Importance of Equal Pay Between Pre-K and K-3rd Teachers Commentary 5/23/2017
New America Foundation Trump's Budget Proposes Cuts for Early and Elementary Education Commentary 5/23/2017
AEI Education reform: Lessons learned in New Mexico | Viewpoint Video 5/23/2017
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 5/23/2017
Heartland Institute Betsy DeVos: Education Is A States’ Rights Issue Commentary 5/23/2017
Heartland Institute Press Release: Heartland Institute Experts React To President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Commentary 5/23/2017
AEI Trump happened, part deux Commentary 5/22/2017
AEI President Trump’s 2018 budget Commentary 5/22/2017
Bellwether On Being in the Closet at St. Ignatius Commentary 5/22/2017
Center for American Progress The Trump Budget’s Attack on People with Disabilities Commentary 5/22/2017
Ed Next Cultural Activity Matters Commentary 5/22/2017
Ed Next Educational Choice, Not School Choice, Making Moves in Florida Commentary 5/22/2017
Education Trust If Budgets Are Statements of Values, This Administration Doesn't Value American Students Commentary 5/22/2017
Fordham Institute The politics & partisanship of the education reform debate: Why being 'right' isn't enough Commentary 5/22/2017
New America Foundation Using ESSA to Tackle Chronic Absence from Pre-K to K-12 Commentary 5/22/2017
New America Foundation The Power of Engaging Parents as Leaders Commentary 5/22/2017
Show-Me Institute Links To Eye On Education Conference Papers Commentary 5/22/2017
WILL WILL Press Release | Studies Overwhelmingly Show That School Choice Works Commentary 5/22/2017
Bellwether School Voucher Programs for Students with Disabilities Are Deeply Misguided Commentary 5/21/2017
Brookings Institution In a changing rural America, what can charter schools offer? Commentary 5/21/2017
Cato Institute Controversial Subjects in Involuntary Educational Institutions Commentary 5/21/2017
Center of the American Experiment Transgender Toolkit for MN Schools Based on Controversial Obama Rule Commentary 5/21/2017
Ed Next Fancy Private Schools Want to Abandon High School Transcripts and Grades Commentary 5/21/2017
Ed Next What We Don’t Know About High Schools Can Hurt Us Commentary 5/21/2017
New America Foundation Surprising Results in Study of Child Care Hiring Practices Commentary 5/21/2017
TNTP Four Qualities of Great Teachers Commentary 5/21/2017

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