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Think Twice Weekly Report
July 15 - July 21, 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
ALEC Education Secretary Betsty DeVos Addresses ALEC 44th Annual Meeting Video 7/20/2017
Center of the American Experiment Kathy Kersten’s Better Bloggerville Welcome Commentary 7/20/2017
CRPE Want a Truly Effective School Choice System? Have High-Quality Options in Every Neighborhood Commentary 7/20/2017
New America Foundation Event Recap: The Power of Leaders in Early Learning Commentary 7/20/2017
Heartland Institute School ‘Staffing Surge’ A ‘Costly Failure,’ Report Says Commentary 7/20/2017
AEI Reading is fundamental to American liberty Commentary 7/19/2017
Brookings Institution Some schools much better than others at closing achievement gaps between their advantaged and disadvantaged students Report 7/19/2017
Center of the American Experiment MN Dept. of Education Approves Controversial Transgender Toolkit Commentary 7/19/2017
Ed Next Balancing College and Career Readiness Commentary 7/19/2017
EdChoice What EdChoice Really Thinks About What Happened with Nevada’s ESAs Podcast 7/19/2017
Heartland Institute Montana Fights Decision Upholding Tax-credit Scholarship Program Commentary 7/19/2017
AEI Straight Up Conversation: Abl CEO Adam Pisoni and Impact Guru Chris Walsh Commentary 7/18/2017
AEI The importance of the first five years: Katharine Stevens’ testimony on Capitol Hill Commentary 7/18/2017
ConnCAN Latest Achievement Results Reveal Slow Progress, Students Unprepared For The Future Commentary 7/18/2017
Ed Next Unintended Impacts of Regulations on the Quality of Schooling Options Commentary 7/18/2017
Fordham Institute DeVos needs to offer principled clarity on ESSA Commentary 7/18/2017
Fordham Institute When the language of privilege is "Git-R-Done" Commentary 7/18/2017
Fordham Institute Education philanthropy and the unfinished business of policy reform Commentary 7/18/2017
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 7/18/2017
Heartland Institute Does ‘A’ Now Stand For ‘Average’? Weekly digest 7/18/2017
Center of the American Experiment K-12 Gender Toolkit Puts Kids at Risk Commentary 7/17/2017
Center of the American Experiment Brainerd Teacher Faces Suspension Over Trump Yearbook Controversy Commentary 7/17/2017
Center of the American Experiment MN Education Dept. to Approve Radical Transgender School Guidelines Commentary 7/17/2017
Center of the American Experiment Kersten: Put children’s safety ahead of ideology Commentary 7/17/2017
Education Trust Systems for Success: Thinking Beyond Access to Advanced Placement Commentary 7/17/2017
New America Foundation Making ESSA Work in Early Childhood Classrooms for Dual Language Learners Commentary 7/17/2017
Progressive Policy Institute Union’s Retrograde Report Earns Failing Grade: A Response to the NEA’s Policy Statement on Charter Schools Report 7/17/2017
Heartland Institute Competency-Based Learning Gaining Ground Nationwide Commentary 7/17/2017
AEI Don’t forget rural schools Commentary 7/16/2017
AEI CAP’s misleading, historically inaccurate report on the racist ‘origin’ of school vouchers Commentary 7/16/2017
Brookings Institution Multiracial adolescents show no test score gap with whites Commentary 7/16/2017
Ed Next More Findings About School Vouchers and Test Scores, and They are Still Negative Commentary 7/16/2017
Heartland Institute Thriving Homeschool Model Revives Tradition Of One-Room Schoolhouse Commentary 7/16/2017

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