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Think Twice Weekly Report
October 1 - October 7, 2016

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 Why Schools Shouldn’t Go It Alone on Personalized Learning Commentary 10/7/2016
Heartland Institute Why Are Democrats Keeping Native American Students Trapped In A Failing System? Commentary 10/7/2016
New America Foundation Counterproductive: When the "English Learner" Label Works Against Students Commentary 10/7/2016
WILL Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Military-Style Vourcher School Denied Vacant Building Commentary 10/7/2016
AEI Findings from the 2016 Schooling in America Survey Announcement 10/6/2016
AEI The progressive choice on charters Commentary 10/6/2016
Bellwether Why the Preschool "Academic vs. Social-Emotional" Debate is Wrong Commentary 10/6/2016
Brookings Institution An evidence-based, voter-approved policy agenda for education Commentary 10/6/2016
Brookings Institution Why knowledge matters in the Common Core era Announcement 10/6/2016
Cato Institute American Federation of Teachers: How Dare You Defy This Corrupt Government! Commentary 10/6/2016
CRPE Coming to a City Near You: Common School Performance Measures Commentary 10/6/2016
Fordham Institute Facebook is teaming up with district and charter schools to make high school a little less boring Commentary 10/6/2016
Fordham Institute Want to improve teaching? Start listening to your students Commentary 10/6/2016
Heartland Institute Enrollment In Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Hits Record High, Depite Lawsuit Commentary 10/6/2016
New America Foundation Missouri Looks to Cigarette Tax to Fund ECE Commentary 10/6/2016
TNTP How Has New Mexico's Commitment to Change Helped Students? Commentary 10/6/2016
AEI Public opinion on education: Results from the 2016 Schooling in America Survey Commentary 10/5/2016
Bellwether How To Win Federal Education Grants: Tips from Bellwether's Lina Bankert and Steph Wilson Itelman Commentary 10/5/2016
Bellwether Vice Presidential Debate Recap: Disappointing Show for Education Commentary 10/5/2016
Brookings Institution World Teachers' Day: Lessons from teachers' time spent with their own children Commentary 10/5/2016
Fordham Institute Implicit media bias: Preschool teachers aren't racist, but the media reports that they are Commentary 10/5/2016
Fordham Institute How charter school boards affect school quality Commentary 10/5/2016
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 10/5/2016
Gates Foundation Pathways to Great Jobs for Washington Students in Washington State Commentary 10/5/2016
Heartland Institute Arkansas Launches State's First-Ever Voucher Program Commentary 10/5/2016
Heartland Institute Stop Saying Markets Will Solve School Problems Commentary 10/5/2016
Manhattan Institute Virtual Reality in the Classroom Commentary 10/5/2016
Manhattan Institute New York's Charter School Revolution Hits a Milestone Commentary 10/5/2016
New America Foundation In Push for Pre-K, Don't Overlook Kindergarten Commentary 10/5/2016
Public Impact Phoenix-area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture Commentary 10/5/2016
AEI The costs of teacher unions Commentary 10/4/2016
Bellwether Tonight's VP Debate: Education Predictions Commentary 10/4/2016
ConnCAN Education: Suddenly, CT Courts Take Center Stage Commentary 10/4/2016
Ed Choice BRIEF: School Choice in the States September 2016 Commentary 10/4/2016
Fordham Institute Reading that works: Pairing passages and sets of texts Commentary 10/4/2016
Fordham Institute Reputable reads for free Commentary 10/4/2016
Fordham Institute Researcher, heal thyself: How to produce useful research for teachers and leaders Commentary 10/4/2016
Heartland Institute Tennessee To Launch Special-Needs Education Savings Account Program Commentary 10/4/2016
Show-Me Institute Breaking Out Of The Public Education Box Video 10/4/2016
AEI Acting together without being acted upon: Civil society conservatism Commentary 10/3/2016
Bellwether How ESSA Title III Could Encourage Improvements for Dual Language Learners Commentary 10/3/2016
Brookings Institution Kaine, Pence, and K-12 Education Commentary 10/3/2016
Center for American Progress Federal Regulations Should Drive More Money to Poor Schools: Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Testimony to House of Representatives 10/3/2016
CRPE Apples to Apples: Common School Performance Frameworks as a Tool for Choice and Accountability Report 10/3/2016
Ed Choice How Technology and Choice Give High School Drop-Outs the Second Chance They Deserve Commentary 10/3/2016
Ed Next Pension Incentives and Teacher Retention Commentary 10/3/2016
Education Trust What Do Black Teachers Say? Commentary 10/3/2016
Fordham Institute New York's reading standards rewrite should alarm parents Commentary 10/3/2016
Heartland Institute Democrat Assemblywoman Blocks Bill To Extend California School Choice Program Commentary 10/3/2016
Mackinac Center Education Union Should Be Voice For Pension Reform Commentary 10/3/2016
New America Foundation How Teachers Can Help Their Dual Language Learners Develop Early Math Skills Commentary 10/3/2016
New America Foundation Time for a Closer Look: Apprenticeships in American high schools Commentary 10/3/2016
New America Foundation A Lot of Data to Celebrate But More to Do Commentary 10/3/2016
New America Foundation A Tap, Click, Read Toolkit to Promote Early Literacy in a World of Screens Commentary 10/3/2016
Ed Next No College Left Behind? Commentary 10/2/2016
Ed Next The Wisdom of Mandatory Grade Retention Commentary 10/2/2016

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