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Think Twice Weekly Report
August 10 - August 16
, 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 The Problem with Proficiency Commentary 8/16/2013
Heartland Institute Three NCLB Waivers in Danger, WI Voucher Regulations, and More: Friday's Ed News Roundup Weekly digest 8/16/2013
New America Foundation Waiver Watch: States, Pass Teacher Evaluation Legislation At Your Own Risk Commentary 8/16/2013
American Enterprise Institute Common Core could be Jeb Bush's Romneycare Commentary 8/15/2013
Cato Institute The Perils of Publicly Funded “Private” Schools Commentary 8/15/2013
ConnCAN Test scores offer bright spots Commentary 8/15/2013
EdSector Promoting Equity: State by State, School by School Commentary 8/15/2013
StudentsFirst Meeting the Demand for More - and Better - Information on Education Spending Commentary 8/15/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Charters can desegregate our schools Commentary 8/15/2013
Education Next While K–12 Schools Resist, Digital Learning Disrupts Higher Education Commentary 8/14/2013
Show-Me Institute A Real Choice For Students In Unaccredited Districts Commentary 8/14/2013
StudentsFirst Success Should be Standard Commentary 8/14/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute By the Company it Keeps: Emily Barton Commentary 8/14/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 8/14/2013
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Ohio Educatly Gadfly Bi-weekly digest 8/14/2013
CRPE Assessing the Outcomes of Charter School Students with Special Needs: Research Design Brief Report 8/13/2013
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice A Spike in School Choice Commentary 8/13/2013
George W. Bush Presidential Center Getting Unstuck in the Middle: Implementation and Evaluation Focuses of the Middle School Matters Program Commentary 8/13/2013
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Michigan Education Digest Weekly digest 8/13/2013
TNTP Perspectives of Irreplaceable Teacher Report 8/13/2013

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