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Think Twice Weekly Report
August 3 - August 9, 2013

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
Education Next Why the ‘Opt-Out’ is Not a Cop-Out Commentary 8/9/2013
Heartland Institute Parent Trigger Update, NY Common Core Tests, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup Weekly digest 8/9/2013
American Enterprise Institute Implementation of Common Core is a recipe for disaster Commentary 8/8/2013
Center for American Progress Size Matters: A Look at School-District Consolidation Report 8/8/2013
CREDO Charter School Performance in Louisiana Report 8/8/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Choice always beats coercion Commentary 8/8/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly Digest 8/8/2013
American Enterprise Institute Why school choice is failing Commentary 8/7/2013
Brookings Institution Ending Summer Vacation is Long Overdue—Here’s How to Pay for It Commentary 8/7/2013
Cato Institute Making a Market in Education Commentary 8/7/2013
Center for Education Policy Year 3 of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: An Overview of States’ Progress and Challenge Report 8/7/2013
Education Next Black-White Test Score Gap Fails to Close Under Obama Commentary 8/7/2013
Education Trust New York State Releases Results From New, Common Core-Aligned Assessments Commentary 8/7/2013
Illinois Policy Institute North Carolina ends teacher tenure Commentary 8/7/2013
StudentsFirst Positive News for Tennessee Commentary 8/7/2013
Illinois Policy Institute Power to the parents: using parent trigger laws to change educational outcomes Commentary 8/6/2013
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Michigan Education Digest Weekly digest 8/6/2013
StudentsFirst Ask the Experts Commentary 8/6/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute New York Common Core implementation: Is the day of reckoning upon us? Commentary 8/6/2013

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