Think Twice Weekly Report

January 29 - February 4, 2022

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.

Urban Institute

Feb. 4 | Report

Documenting Inequitable Patterns in Spending by Parent Teacher Associations, Parent Teacher Organizations, and "Friends of" Fundraising Groups at Illinois Public Schools

University of Arkansas

Feb. 3 | Report

Examining Academic Growth by Student Population

Cato Institute

Feb. 5 | Commentary

Friday Feature: St. John Bosco Academy

AEI

Feb. 4 | Commentary

The lessons Tom Brady teaches

Badger Institute

Feb. 4 | Announcement

Critical Race Theory and the Miseducation of America's Youth

Bellwether

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Is The Sky Really Falling? Maybe Let The Crisis Rhetoric Go To Waste?

Center of the American Experiment

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Doctors say schools can make masks optional

Center of the American Experiment

Feb. 4 | Commentary

St. Louis Park school board asks applicants zero questions about academics

CRPE

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Notes from the Field: How students with disabilities experienced the challenges of remote learning

EdChoice

Feb. 4 | Podcast

Ep. 295: ISCR - 2022 International Conference

EdChoice

Feb. 4 | Commentary

EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker: Top Takeaways January 2022

EdNext

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Did Public Education Have it Coming?

EdNext

Feb. 4 | Commentary

The Maus that Roared

EdNext

Feb. 4 | Commentary

What Breyer's Resignation Means for Education

Fordham Institute

Feb. 4 | Commentary

The curriculum transparency trap

Fordham Institute

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Is Florida showing the way on boosting middle school outcomes?

Fordham Institute

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Did public education have it coming?

Heritage Foundation

Feb. 4 | Video

5 Myths of Critical Race Theory (BUSTED)

Pioneer Institute

Feb. 4 | Podcast

U of SC Prof. Jennifer Frey on National Catholic Schools Week & Flannery O'Connor's Fiction

Reason Foundation

Feb. 4 | Commentary

Making Tennessee's school finance system more transparent, flexible and fair

Center of the American Experiment

Feb. 3 | Commentary

Are school safety coaches enough to protect students from gun violence?

Commonwealth Foundation

Feb. 3 | Commentary

Catholic school parents, teachers challenge recruiting allegations in federal civil rights suit

EdNext

Feb. 3 | Commentary

In Omicron's Wake

Fordham Institute

Feb. 3 | Podcast

Education Gadfly Show #805: High schools didn't get the memo that college isn't for everyone

Heartland Institute

Feb. 3 | Commentary

Research & Commentary: Universal ESA Program Would Be Game-Changer For Alabama Families

Manhattan Institute

Feb. 3 | Commentary

To Fix Schools in NYC, Return to the Strategy of Closing Bad Ones

New America

Feb. 3 | Commentary

Everything You Wanted to Know About Educator Micro-credentials: Getting Technical

University of Arkansas

Feb. 3 | Commentary

African American students experience low academic growth

Bellwether

Feb. 2 | Commentary

Stop Evaluating Funding Streams...And Joel Rose & Jenee Henry Wood On NCLB-Style Accountability

EdNext

Feb. 2 | Commentary

Homeschooling Skyrocketed During the Pandemic, but What Does the Future Hold?

Heartland Institute

Feb. 2 | Commentary

Testimony Before The Georgia House Education Academic Innovation Subcommittee Regarding HB 999

Heartland Institute

Feb. 2 | Commentary

Supreme Court Can End Racial Preferences With Harvard and UNC Admissions Cases

Brookings

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Teaching controversial issues when democracy is under attack

Brookings

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Corporatized education and State sovereignty

Cato Institute

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Including Private Schools Means Youngkin's Order Limits Freedom

CRPE

Feb. 1 | Commentary

"Creativity requires freedom": What will it take to create space within our education system to think and design creatively?

EdNext

Feb. 1 | Podcast

The Education Exchange: Mask-Wearing Mandates Are Based on "Pathetic" Lack of Data, a Johns Hopkins Doctor Warns

EdNext

Feb. 1 | Commentary

College Isn't For Everyone

EdNext

Feb. 1 | Podcast

The Education Exchange: Arizona Clashes With Biden Over Using Covid-Relief Money for Education Savings Accounts

Fordham Institute

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Digging in to public school choice in Detroit

Heartland Institute

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Testimony Before The Virginia House Finance Subcommittee #1 Regarding HB 788

Heartland Institute

Feb. 1 | Commentary

Why Parents Need Choices in Education To Protect Their Values

New America

Feb. 1 | Commentary

How to Make Sense of the Latest Tennessee Pre-K Study

Bluegrass Institute

Jan. 30 | Commentary

Go big or go home: The best kind of school choice policy?

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