Think Twice Weekly Report

March 20 - March 29, 2021

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.

NCTQ

Mar. 29 | Report

Teacher Preparation Policy

Beacon Center

Mar. 25 | Report

Acres of Opportunity: Education in Rural Tennessee

Bellwether

Mar. 25 | Report

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Analysis of Funding for Education, Children, and Families

CREDO

Mar. 25 | Report

2021 City Study: Newark

CRPE

Mar. 25 | Report

School Reopening Trends Offer Districts the Opportunity to Start Planning Beyond the Pandemic

Brookings

Mar. 24 | Report

Advanced Cognitive Skill Deserts in the U.S.: Their Likely Causes and Implications

Fordham Institute

Mar. 23 | Report

The Acceleration Imperative: A Plan to Address Elementary Students' Unfinished Learning in the Wake of Covid-19

Fordham Institute

Mar. 29 | Commentary

The calculus of student absenteeism

Show-Me Institute

Mar. 29 | Commentary

Almost Heaven

AEI

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Proportion of fully remote districts hits single digits for the first time since schools shuttered

Brookings

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Unleashing the creativity of teachers and students to combat climate change: An opportunity for global leadership

Education Trust

Mar. 26 | Commentary

The "Science of Reading"

Fordham Institute

Mar. 26 | Commentary

How any school can personalize learning, part II

Fordham Institute

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Best- and worst-case scenarios for how school stimulus dollars will be spent

Fordham Institute

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Student wellness funding gets an upgrade in the proposed state budget

Fordham Institute

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Ohio Charter News Weekly - 3.26.21

New America

Mar. 26 | Commentary

How Should School Districts Spend Their Summer?

Show-Me Institute

Mar. 26 | Commentary

Some St. Louis School Districts Are Responding to Parents

Sunlight Policy Center

Mar. 26 | Commentary

NJ Education Report Cites Sunlight and Makes Some Excellent Points About Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Spiller's Conflicts

ALEC

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Rethinking and Reimagining Learning - Education Freedom Makes its way to West Virginia

Center of the American Experiment

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Minnesota moves forward with state testing, teachers' union pushes back

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

How districts and charter networks can best address unfinished learning

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

The stimulus package won't fix schools' employee-benefit problem

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

CDC school guidelines, acceleration, stimulus, and other goings-on

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

The role of out-of-school supports in boosting academic outcomes

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

What we're reading this week: March 25, 2021

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Podcast

The Education Gadfly Show: Accelerating learning post-pandemic

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Our full rebuttal to a flawed critique of "Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances"

Fordham Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Cupp-Patterson funding plan falls short on open enrollment and guarantees

NCTQ

Mar. 25 | Commentary

An ode to the pandemic and parents

NCTQ

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Affirming spaces matter for teachers too

NCTQ

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Could it be that teacher certification does in fact matter?

NCTQ

Mar. 25 | Commentary

Substitute Teaching 101: When no one answers the call

Show-Me Institute

Mar. 25 | Commentary

How School Leaders Are Accelerating Opportunity for Students in Kansas City and Milwaukee

Sunlight Policy Center

Mar. 25 | Commentary

A Big Conflict of Interest Gets Bigger: Montclair Mayor Spiller Will Be NJEA President

ConnCAN

Mar. 24 | Survey

Federal education funding and the voices of CT families

CRPE

Mar. 24 | Commentary

We must ensure communities can keep the innovations that kids need

EdChoice

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Public Opinion Tracker Deep Dive: Perspectives Of Black K-12 Parents

Education Trust

Mar. 24 | Commentary

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: A Win for Students and Families

Illinois Policy

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Three Myths About District Consolidation Under The Classrooms First Act

Illinois Policy

Mar. 24 | Commentary

A bill to channel education dollars from duplicate bureaucracy and into classrooms or back to property taxpayers won committee approval. It is headed for a full vote in the Illinois House.

Mackinac Center

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Get Creative with Federal Education Dollars

Manhattan Institute

Mar. 24 | Commentary

In Denying Expansion for Newark's Top Charter Schools, New Jersey Officials Are Ignoring the Data on Student Performance - and Family Support

New America

Mar. 24 | Commentary

An Explainer: Non-degree vs Non-credit programs

Pioneer Institute

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Hoover Institution's Dr. Eric Hanushek on COVID-19, K-12 Learning Loss, & Economic Impact

Public Agenda

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Fulcrum Op-Ed Highlights Need for Democratic Decision-Making in and out of the Classroom

Reason Foundation

Mar. 24 | Commentary

Gov. Newsom's Misguided Proposal for California's Education Funding Formula

WILL

Mar. 24 | Commentary

MPS Plan Lacks Urgency, Prevents Most High School Students From Returning

Center of the American Experiment

Mar. 23 | Commentary

Social Studies Standards Committee will hold public meeting this Thursday (March 25), emphasizes first draft's focus was standards

EdNext

Mar. 23 | Commentary

Schooling Qualified Immunity

ExcelinEd

Mar. 23 | Commentary

#AskExcelinEd: What is Pathways Matter?

ExcelinEd

Mar. 23 | Commentary

BREAKING: Students need better pathways to college AND career

Hoover

Mar. 23 | Commentary

California's Education Department Chooses Critical Race Theory Over 100,000 Objections

Illinois Policy

Mar. 23 | Commentary

Consolidating School Districts Could Cut Family's Tax Bill By $1,030

Reason Foundation

Mar. 23 | Commentary

Arkansas' School Funding System Is in Need of Reform

Show-Me Institute

Mar. 23 | Testimony

House Bill 349 and Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

EdChoice

Mar. 23 | Commentary

What You Should Know About The New IES Study Of Indiana's Voucher Program

Brookings

Mar. 22 | Commentary

Looking for an educational life raft? Apps may not be the answer

Cato Institute

Mar. 22 | Commentary

Educational Freedom Benefits All Students-Even Public School Students

EdNext

Mar. 22 | Podcast

The Education Exchange: The Entire Oakley, California, School Board Resigned

ExcelinEd

Mar. 22 | Commentary

#AskExcelinEd: What do parent-centered education policies look like?

Fordham Institute

Mar. 22 | Commentary

P-TECH might come to Ohio thanks to the governor's budget

Mercatus Center

Mar. 22 | Commentary

Re: Largest Teachers' Union 'Concerned' That New CDC Social-Distancing Rules Aren't Justified by Science

New America

Mar. 22 | Commentary

Investments in Teacher Training Pay Off During the Pandemic

Reason Foundation

Mar. 22 | Commentary

Oklahoma's Outdated Education Funding System Is Costing Students Hundreds of Millions of Education Dollars Each Year

Sunlight Policy Center

Mar. 22 | Commentary

USNews Rankings Revisited: NJ #1 in Education but #49 in Fiscal Stability

Illinois Policy

Mar. 22 | Commentary

113 Six-Figure School District Administrators Oppose Classrooms First Act

Buckeye Institute

Mar. 21 | Commentary

Ohio's pandemic year report card

Center of the American Experiment

Mar. 21 | Commentary

No snow day for most students in path of storm due to virtual COVID classes-except Rochester

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