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Think Twice Weekly Report
December 13 - December 19, 2014

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
Ed Next Cisco Networking Academy Provides Clues For Future Of Testing Commentary 12/19/2014
Heartland Institute Missouri Homeschool Family Sues After Home Raid Commentary 12/19/2014
Heartland Institute Pence Proposes Education Agenda to Expand School Choice Commentary 12/19/2014
Heartland Institute Pennsylvania Teachers Woefully Unprepared for Classroom Challenges, Study Finds Commentary 12/19/2014
Bellwether Uncovered: Social Security, Retirement Uncertainty, and 1 Million Teachers Report 12/18/2014
Brookings Institution The Limitations of Self-Report Measures of Non-cognitive Skills Commentary 12/18/2014
Fordham Institute When should the courts intervene? Commentary 12/18/2014
Fordham Institute Stuck inside of Cleveland with the Buckeye Blues again Commentary 12/18/2014
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 12/18/2014
Heritage Foundation Watch This 10-Year-Old Explain Common Core to Her School Board: ‘It Stinks’ Video 12/18/2014
New America Foundation App Reviews to Help Choose Ed Tech this Holiday Season Commentary 12/18/2014
Show-Me Institute Students Need Choice, Not-Pie-in-the-Sky Solutions Commentary 12/18/2014
AEI Evaluating the Common Core: McShane on Fox News’ ‘Special Report’ Video 12/17/2014
Center of the American Experiment Nothing Advanced About This History Commentary 12/17/2014
Ed Next Yong Zhao’s Biting Critique of the Chinese Edu-Miracle Commentary 12/17/2014
Ed Next TNTP Reimagines Blended Teaching Commentary 12/17/2014
Ed Next Simply By Forming an Exploratory Committee, Jeb Bush Places School Reform on the National Agenda Commentary 12/17/2014
Fordham Institute Stubborn people, bankrupt schools Commentary 12/17/2014
Fordham Institute How Congress can address over-testing without overreaching Commentary 12/17/2014
Fordham Institute What the Dickens! 2014 in Education Reform Commentary 12/17/2014
Heartland Institute The Best Present Schools Could Receive Commentary 12/17/2014
Heritage Foundation Jeb Bush’s Common Core Problem Commentary 12/17/2014
Lexington Institute An Education Reform No One is Talking About – But Should Be Commentary 12/17/2014
School Choice Wisconsin 99% of Private Students in Statewide Program Previously on Scholarship Press release 12/17/2014
Show-Me Institute ESEA: What Should Reauthorization Look Like? Commentary 12/17/2014
CRPE Bringing Data to the School Enrollment Game Commentary 12/16/2014
Ed Next Pension Theory Versus Pension Reality Commentary 12/16/2014
Ed Next The Top Education Next Articles of 2014 Commentary 12/16/2014
Ed Next Top 10 Education Next Blog Entries of 2014 Commentary 12/16/2014
Friedman Foundation The Jewish story of education, and what it means for school choice Commentary 12/16/2014
Heritage Foundation Report Finds Teachers Woefully Unprepared for Classroom Challenges Commentary 12/16/2014
Heritage Foundation The Jury Remains Out on Teacher Tenure and the Courts: A TC conference weighs the implications of Vergara and two New York cases Commentary 12/16/2014
New America Foundation Newsletter: Early Ed Update Weekly newsletter 12/16/2014
Public Impact Metropolitan Nashville's Innovation Zone Report 12/16/2014
TNTP When Cultures Clash in the Classroom Commentary 12/16/2014
AEI AEI Education: Experts, highlights, and headlines Commentary 12/15/2014
ALEC Report Card on American Education 19th Edition Report 12/15/2014
Bellwether and Fordham Institute The Road to Redemption: Ten Policy Recommendations for Ohio's Charter School Sector Report 12/15/2014
Cato Institute Newspaper Doubles Down on Anti-School Choice Errors Commentary 12/15/2014
Ed Next Charters Can Do What’s Best For Students Who Care Commentary 12/15/2014
Education Trust Why I Teach Where I Teach: I Feel Empowered Commentary 12/15/2014
Education Trust Wasting Time Commentary 12/15/2014
Fordham Institute Does money matter? Is school funding fair? Commentary 12/15/2014
Fordham Institute School discipline: Too important to leave to liberals Commentary 12/15/2014
New America Foundation Partnering to Reach Our Youngest Learners Commentary 12/15/2014
Heartland Institute Walker’s Reelection Disappoints Teachers Unions Commentary 12/14/2014
Heritage Foundation Why Are We Spending a Billion Dollars on Government Preschool? Commentary 12/14/2014
Heritage Foundation “The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement”, by Eric Hanushek Video 12/14/2014
Heartland Institute Minnesota Taxpayers Removed from Funding Equation Commentary 12/13/2014
Heartland Institute How Children Learn to Overcome Adversity Commentary 12/13/2014
Friedman Foundation Friday Freakout: School Choice is OK Over There, Families Here Shouldn't Need It Commentary 12/12/2014

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