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Think Twice Weekly Report
July 7 - July 13, 2018
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
Brookings Student learning gaps persist in several subjects-including ivics education Commentary 7/13/2018
EdNext Straight Up Conversation: Nat Malkus on What’s Next for Teachers’ Unions After Janus Commentary 7/13/2018
Urban Institute A Research-Practice Partnership for the District of Columbia Testimony 7/13/2018
Bellwether Expand Your Ed Policy Toolkit with Human-Centered Design Commentary 7/12/2018
EdNext Where Education Reform Goes from Here Commentary 7/12/2018
ExcelinEd CTE Spotlight on Cross-Sector Partnership: Tennessee’s Rutherford Works Commentary 7/12/2018
Heartland Institute Research & Commentary: Latest Bullying Data In Maryland Underscores The Need For Child Safety Accounts Commentary 7/12/2018
TNTP How Can My Kids Be Honor Roll Students and Still Not Read at Grade Level? Commentary 7/12/2018
Heartland Institute Chicago Public Schools Fail To Protect Students—Child Safety Accounts Can Help Commentary 7/12/2018
AEI Arne Duncan’s unlearned lessons Commentary 7/11/2018
Bellwether Design Methods for Education Policy Website 7/11/2018
Brookings Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It's complicated Commentary 7/11/2018
EdNext EdStat: Around the World, There are Approximately 264 Million Children Not in School Commentary 7/11/2018
Fordham Institute The Education Gadfly Weekly Weekly digest 7/11/2018
New America “Educational Experiences of English Learners”: A Case for Improved Accessibility Commentary 7/11/2018
New America Despite Minimum Wage Hikes, ECE Wages Stay Low Commentary 7/11/2018
New America Maryland libraries build a peer-coaching program to train media mentors Commentary 7/11/2018
New America Making Education Work Announcement 7/11/2018
AEI Why we get tech-enabled personalized learning wrong Commentary 7/10/2018
AEI Why don’t teachers get fired for poor teaching? Commentary 7/10/2018
Bellwether Are Teacher Preparation Programs Interchangeable Widgets? An Interview With Paul T. von Hippel Commentary 7/10/2018
Brookings How gender diversity among the teacher workforce affects student learning Commentary 7/10/2018
Cato Institute Public Schooling Battles: June Dispatch Commentary 7/10/2018
Ed Choice School Choice in Pop Culture: The West Wing Podcast/video 7/10/2018
EdNext Why We Get Tech-Enabled Personalized Learning Wrong Commentary 7/10/2018
EdNext What Do a Musician, Actor, and Teacher All Have in Common? Guided Instruction Commentary 7/10/2018
ExcelinEd Supporting Innovation: Lessons Learned and Next Steps Commentary 7/10/2018
Heartland Institute Arizona Voters To Vote On Proposed Wealth Surcharge Commentary 7/10/2018
New America Relying on the 30 Million Word Gap To Shape Early Childhood Policy Commentary 7/10/2018
New America ECE Degrees as Mirrors Commentary 7/10/2018
Show-Me Institute Could This Be A Win For Parents? Commentary 7/10/2018
Bellwether Transformative Tech for Youth in Transition Commentary 7/9/2018
Bellwether Disrupting the Divide: The Role of Technology in Mitigating the Impact of Data Fragmentation on Students Report 7/9/2018
Fordham Institute Access to gifted education is a social justice issue Commentary 7/9/2018
Fordham Institute Ohio Education Gadfly Biweekly Biweeky digest 7/9/2018
Show-Me Institute Who Do These Florida Parents Think They Are? Commentary 7/9/2018
AEI Save the SAT writing test Commentary 7/8/2018
Heartland Institute Psychosocial School Rise Raises Need For Choice Commentary 7/7/2018
NCTQ Evaluation Essentials: How do districts measure up? Commentary 7/7/2018
Brookings Grading America's civics education Podcast 7/6/2018

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