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Think Twice Weekly Report
March 18 - March 24, 2017
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
Bellwether Convenience plus a conscience: Lessons for school integration Commentary 3/24/2017
Ed Choice Expanding Educational Opportunity in the Granite State Commentary 3/24/2017
Heartland Institute New Hampshire Bill Prohibiting Forced Use Of Common Core Passes Senate Commentary 3/24/2017
Bellwether Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate This Teacher-Focused Program Could be an Opportunity Commentary 3/23/2017
Brookings Institution The evolution of the charter school market and the next generation of charter school research Commentary 3/23/2017
Center on Education Policy Big change on both sides of the pond Commentary 3/23/2017
Ed Next School Choice and Trump’s Budget Commentary 3/23/2017
Fordham Institute The collapse of academic standards Commentary 3/23/2017
Heartland Institute Arizona Bill To Expand ESAS To All Public School Students Advances To Full Senate Commentary 3/23/2017
Heartland Institute Trump Administration Reverses Obama Transgender Bathroom Edict Commentary 3/23/2017
Heritage Foundation Gender Identity Policies in Schools: What Congress, the Courts, and the Trump Administration Should Do Report 3/23/2017
Manhattan Institute Making It Impossible to Measure School Safety Commentary 3/23/2017
New America Foundation Moving Apprenticeship Forward: Five key questions to confront Commentary 3/23/2017
New America Foundation California’s New Data Dashboard and What It Means for English Learners Commentary 3/23/2017
AEI CPR Scholarships: Using Private School Choice to Attack Concentrated Poverty, Crime, and Unemployment Report 3/22/2017
Brookings Institution The 2017 Brown Center Report on American Education How Well Are American Students Learning? Report 3/22/2017
Ed Choice Missouri Bill Competes with Arkansas to Create Nation’s First Tax Credit-Funded ESAs Commentary 3/22/2017
Ed Next What the Data Show on School Choice and Segregation Commentary 3/22/2017
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 3/22/2017
Heritage Foundation School Choice and National Education Policy: Options for Advancing Education Choice While Limiting Federal Intervention Announcement 3/22/2017
Manhattan Institute New York Charter Schools Outperform Traditional Selective Public Schools Report 3/22/2017
Manhattan Institute An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless Commentary 3/22/2017
Manhattan Institute School Discipline and “Racial Equity” in St. Paul Podcast 3/22/2017
New America Foundation Painting the ESSA Canvas: Four Ideas for States to Think Big on Educator Quality Report 3/22/2017
New America Foundation No Choice Left: School Voucher Programs and the Gay Exception Commentary 3/22/2017
Show-Me Institute School Choice: Legislative Halftime Report Commentary 3/22/2017
WILL WILL Press Release | WILL Sues Milwuakee Public School District For Its Discriminatory Transportation Policies Commentary 3/22/2017
AEI Bridging the educator-policymaker divide Commentary 3/21/2017
AEI States plan for sensible school reform under an Obama-era law Commentary 3/21/2017
Ed Next One More Time Now: Why Lowering Class Sizes Backfires Commentary 3/21/2017
Education Trust For Equity-Oriented State Leaders: 9 Ideas for Stimulating School Improvement Under ESSA Report 3/21/2017
Mackinac Center Wellspring Prep Growing Strong Commentary 3/21/2017
Manhattan Institute States Plan for Sensible School Reform under an Obama-Era Law Commentary 3/21/2017
WILL WILL Blog | Flanders and Roth: Green Bay Students Would Benefit From Educational Options Commentary 3/21/2017
AEI Authority, schools, and America’s system of government Commentary 3/20/2017
Ed Choice Renewing Our Cities: A Case Study on School Choice’s Role in Urban Renewal Report 3/20/2017
Fordham Institute Go for heaven on seven: Leverage the Title I school improvement set-aside for new school creation Commentary 3/20/2017
Fordham Institute When grading schools, parents care about student growth Commentary 3/20/2017
Heritage Foundation School Choice Moves Apace in States Commentary 3/19/2017
Heartland Institute Twittergated: When Technology Turns On One Of Its Own Commentary 3/18/2017

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