Think Twice Weekly Report

August 22 - August 28, 2020

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.

Bellwether

Aug. 27 | Report

Clearing the Air: An Analysis of the Federal Charter Schools Program

CRPE

Aug. 27 | Report

Getting Back to School: An Update on Plans from Across the Country

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 26 | Report

A PLUS Spells Relief for States During the Coronavirus

Bellwether

Aug. 25 | Report

UPDATED: Making Next Year Count: Equity in School Accountability

Fordham Institute

Aug. 25 | Report

Schooling Covid-19: Lessons from leading charter networks from their transition to remote learning

Public Impact

Aug. 25 | Report

How Charter Schools Served Students During COVID-19 Closures

Urban Institute

Aug. 24 | Report

Equitable Access to Universal Prekindergarten in Washington, DC

Urban Institute

Aug. 24 | Report

Who Wins the Preschool Lottery? Applicants and Application Patterns in DC Public Prekindergarten

Cato Institute

Aug. 28 | Podcast

COVID-19 Spurs Schools to Punish "Virtual Truancy"

Fordham Institute

Aug. 28 | Commentary

The renewal of a bipartisan national bargain on education reform

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 28 | Commentary

School Choice Shines This Week

WILL

Aug. 28 | Commentary

Court Grants WILL Motion To Intervene In Rural School Choice Case

Bellwether

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Accountability Policy Needs to Adapt. To Do So, Policymakers Must Clarify Their Priorities.

Brookings Institution

Aug. 27 | Commentary

How Democrats can compromise on charter schools to benefit all students

Cato Institute

Aug. 27 | Podcast

Corey A. DeAngelis discusses the School Choice Now Act on Choice Media's Random Assignment podcast

CRPE

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Politics, not science, driving many school opening plans

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Do Pandemic Pods Qualify As Disruptive Innovation?

NCTQ

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Why, then, do teachers leave?

NCTQ

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Testing, testing... Are teachers less likely to quit when states stop testing?

NCTQ

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Is undergraduate preparation the best way to train a teacher?

NCTQ

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Meeting the moment: Preparing teachers to teach for equity

New America

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Experts Highlight Persistent Challenges in English Learner Education

Reason Foundation

Aug. 27 | Commentary

Education Newsletter: School Finance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Beacon Center

Aug. 26 | Commentary

Pandemic Plans Highlight the Need for School Choice

Center for American Progress

Aug. 26 | Commentary

Better Learning Outcomes Can Help Kick-Start the Economy

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

Lessons on remote learning from leading charter networks

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

A mad dash to the curriculum bazaar

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

Let's evaluate schools on the assignments they ask students to complete

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

How the coronavirus recession may improve teacher quality

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

The gifted kids are all right

Fordham Institute

Aug. 26 | Podcast

How America's best charter schools crushed the Covid-19 challenge

Pioneer Institute

Aug. 26 | Commentary

MA's Remote Learning Regs Should Specify Consistent District Grading Policies, Return of MCAS in 2020-21

WILL

Aug. 26 | Commentary

WILL Asks Wisconsin Supreme Court To Invalidate Dane County School Closure Order

Buckeye Institute

Aug. 25 | Amicus brief

The Buckeye Institute Joins National Coalition in Filing Third Amicus Brief to Help All School Safely Re-Open

Cato Institute

Aug. 25 | Commentary

Troubling COVID-19 Report for Private Schools

Center of the American Experiment

Aug. 25 | Commentary

In-person learning is an essential business, but if schools are going to remain closed, parents shouldn't be forced to pay for them

CRPE

Aug. 25 | Commentary

Reversing institutionalized racism in public education

EdNext

Aug. 25 | Commentary

How Big Charter Networks Made the Switch to Remote Learning

ExcelinEd

Aug. 25 | Commentary

Saving North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program

Fordham Institute

Aug. 25 | Podcast

Listen to parents about when and how to reopen schools

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 25 | Commentary

A PLUS Spells Relief for States During the Coronavirus

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 25 | Commentary

"Nice White Parents" Responsible for Failing Public Schools, New York Times Says

Public Impact

Aug. 25 | Commentary

New Report Highlights Charter Successes During Covid Shutdowns

Show-Me Institute

Aug. 25 | Commentary

This Is School Choice

ExcelinEd

Aug. 24 | Commentary

State Spotlights: Michigan, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Invest CARES Act Funding to Support Students and Educators

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 24 | Commentary

Why Parents Love "Pandemic Pods" for School-But Bureaucrats Hate Them

Center of the American Experiment

Aug. 23 | Commentary

MN professors tell white parents to keep kids in public schools to show they aren't racist

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