Think Twice Weekly Report

April 11 - April 17, 2020

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.

EdChoice

Apr. 15 | Report

The 123s of School Choice

Harvard-PEPG

Apr. 15 | Report

Experimentally Estimated Impacts of School Vouchers on Educational Attainments of Moderately and Severely Disadvantaged Students

Reason Foundation

Apr. 14 | Report

Are Charter Schools Safer than District-Run Schools? Evidence from Pennsylvania

Buckeye Institute

Apr. 13 | Report

Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Enhancing Education with Education Savings Accounts

Pioneer Institute

Apr. 13 | Report

Shifting to Online Learning in the COVID-19 Spring

Heritage Foundation

Apr. 17 | Report

Financial Crisis Looming for K-12 Schools? Flexibility Needed, Not Bailouts

EdNext

Apr. 17 | Interview

In School Response to Coronavirus, States Lead the Way

ExcelinEd

Apr. 17 | Podcast

COVID-19 Education Innovations Solution Spotlights in Florida, Kansas and AP Live Review Classes

Fordham Institute

Apr. 17 | Commentary

Giving all students an "A" is a terrible idea

Fordham Institute

Apr. 17 | Commentary

Technology, once considered a wedge, is now keeping students connected

NCTQ

Apr. 17 | Commentary

Student teaching and initial licensure in the times of coronavirus

Pioneer Institute

Apr. 17 | Podcast

Christensen Institute Co-founder Michael Horn on Digital Learning & COVID-19

Reason Foundation

Apr. 17 | Podcast

Listen to the Launch of the Education-Focused "Random Assignment" Podcast

Cato Institute

Apr. 16 | Commentary

How Pennsylvania Is Discouraging Education During the Coronavirus Crisis

EdNext

Apr. 16 | Interview

Coronavirus Could Spur Shift to Year-Round School Schedule

EdNext

Apr. 16 | Commentary

In California, Common Core Has Not Failed

Fordham Institute

Apr. 16 | Commentary

How Idaho's Gem Innovation Schools are keeping learning going during the COVID-19 shutdown

Heartland institute

Apr. 16 | Commentary

Indiana University-Bloomington Makes SAT/ACT Testing Optional For Admissions

Bellwether

Apr. 15 | Commentary

How Recent Federal Coronavirus Legislation Impacts Charter Schools

Brookings institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

How early colleges can make us rethink the separation of high school and postsecondary systems

Center of the American Experiment

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Coronavirus emergency aid for K-12 schools coming soon

CRPE

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Districts and CMOs Are Making Progress on Instruction and Monitoring, But Lag in Grading and Attendance

EdChoice

Apr. 15 | Podcast

Ep. 171: 123s Of School Choice 2020 - A Chat With The Authors

EdNext

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Daddy School: Week 2

Fordham Institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

No, this is not the new normal

Fordham Institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Want more Doctor Faucis? Ensure that smart kids get educated, too.

Fordham Institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Did someone you love get a rejection letter from their dream school? Here's why they shouldn't take it personally.

Fordham Institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Culling online supplemental instructional materials amid coronavirus closures

Heartland institute

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Freedom For Me, But Not For Thee

Mackinac Center

Apr. 15 | Commentary

Federal Cash is Coming for Michigan Schools - We Need to Use It Fairly and Smartly

Bellwether

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Media: "What the Coronavirus Can Teach Us About Empathy and Equity in Schools" in Education Post

Bellwether

Apr. 14 | Interview

Major Conference Going Virtual? My Lessons From Co-Hosting #AEFP2020

Brookings institute

Apr. 14 | Commentary

School closures, government responses, and learning ineqquality around the world during COVID-19

Center of the American Experiment

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Parents and students react to homeschooling during coronavirus

Fordham Institute

Apr. 14 | Podcast

The Education Gadfly Show: How schools can personalize instruction when students return next fall

Fordham Institute

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Special education in the time of coronavirus: DeVos and Congress need to act!

Fordham Institute

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Public education in the age of coronavirus: We need swift boats, not ocean liners

Fordham Institute

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Let's build back better

Heritage Foundation

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Americans Are Academically Ill-Equipped to Defend the Constitution

New America

Apr. 14 | Commentary

How the Center for Urban Education in Denver is Reimagining Teacher Preparation Programs

New America

Apr. 14 | Commentary

Now You See It, Now You Don't: The Scholarship Displacement Dilemma

Reason Foundation

Apr. 14 | Commentary

The Covid-19 Economic Fallout Is Going to Hurt Education Budgets, Here's What States Can Do to Protect Vulnerable Students

Bellwether

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Media: "Nebraska should shift to this approach for teacher pensions" in The Omaha World-Herald

Bellwether

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Bellwether's Parent-Teachers in the Time of COVID-19

Brookings institute

Apr. 13 | Commentary

The opioid crisis and community-level spillovers onto children's education

Brookings institute

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Are our preschool teachers worth more than they were two months ago?

Cato Institute

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Private Schools Face an Existential Threat

Center of the American Experiment

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Coronavirus school closures provide opportunity to rethink our education system

Ed Trust

Apr. 13 | Podcast

Maintaining Relationships in a Distance Learning World

Ed Trust

Apr. 13 | Commentary

2 Ways COVID-19 is Creating Even Greater Inequities in Early Childhood Education (ECE)

EdNext

Apr. 13 | Podcast

Using Transparency To Create Accountability When School Buildings Are Closed and Tests Are Canceled

EdNext

Apr. 13 | Commentary

When Will School Reopen after the Coronavirus?

ExcelinEd

Apr. 13 | Commentary

#AskExcelinEd: How do COVID-19 private school closures impact all students?

Fordham Institute

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Reading, writing, 'rithmetic...and the coronavirus reckoning

Heartland institute

Apr. 13 | Commentary

On-line Lambda School Offers Students Income Share Agreements In Lieu Of Tuition

New America

Apr. 13 | Commentary

How the Language Learning Project Trains California's Teachers and Caregivers to Support DLLs

EdChoice

Apr. 13 | Commentary

Private School Profiles: How Rabun Gap-nacoochee School Is Responding To COVID-19

Bellwether

Apr. 16 | Commentary

Applications Open for 3 Federal Grants: Tips From Bellwether

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