Think Twice Weekly Report

August 27 - September 2 2022

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.

University of Arkansas

Sep. 1 | Report

Arkansas Parent Survey 2022

Center for American Progress

Sep. 1 | Report

School Air Filtration and Ventilation Strategies To Improve Health, Education, Equity, and Environmental Outcomes

Fordham Institute

Aug. 31 | Report

Turning around troubled schools: How Ohio can create a stronger, clearer school improvement program

CRPE

Aug. 31 | Report

From pods to public schools: Bringing the best of pandemic learning to traditional systems

Brookings

Sep. 3 | Commentary

Emotionally literate teachers help ensure educational equity for adolescent girls

Buckeye Institute

Sep. 3 | Announcement

Should Universal School Choice Be Next on Ohio's Education Policy Agenda?

Commonwealth Institute

Sep. 3 | Commentary

If Student Enrollment Is Down, Why Are Some School Districts On A Hiring Spree?

EdNext

Sep. 3 | Podcast

A Veteran Teacher Pens a Not-Your-Typical Novel About Schools. And That's a Good Thing

Empire Center

Sep. 3 | Data

ELA Test Results in New York Schools

ExcelinEd

Sep. 3 | Commentary

Governor Jeb Bush & Patricia Levesque Respond to Sharp Decline in2022 NAEP Scores

Mackinac Center

Sep. 3 | Commentary

Michigan school performance took a major hit from COVID lockdowns

New America

Sep. 3 | Commentary

How Communities Can Support the Training and Development of Foreign Born Teachers

Sunlight Policy Center

Sep. 3 | Commentary

The Data Is In: School Closures Hurt Kids. Remember that Teachers Unions Pushed for Closures.

AEI

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Schools Must Rebuild Trust

Brookings

Sep. 2 | Commentary

"Apples to outcomes?" Revisiting the achievement v. attainment differences in school voucher studies

Brookings

Sep. 2 | Commentary

It matters now more than ever: What new developments say about Teacher Diversity and Student Success

Cato Institute

Sep. 2 | Commentary

New NAEP Scores Show Drops in Reading and Math

EdNext

Sep. 2 | Commentary

The Federal Department of Education Now Has a Chief Economist. Maybe What It Really Needs Is a Chaplain.

EdNext

Sep. 2 | Video

What We're Watching: 2022 NAEP Long-Term Trend Release

EdTrust

Sep. 2 | Commentary

NAEP Results Show Dismal Learning Loss Due to Pandemic. What Can Be Done?

EdTrust

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Statement from Denise Forte, Interim CEO of The Education Trust on NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment Data

Fordham Institute

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Educating young Americans for citizenship is our schools' top job

George W. Bush Presidential Center

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Decades of educational growth took hit during COVID

Mackinac Center

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Oakland County teacher training: You may already be guilty of microaggression

Manhattan Institute

Sep. 2 | Commentary

MI Responds: Pandemic Years Saw Historic Decline in School Test Scores

New America

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Supporting Our Youngest Dual Language Learners

New America

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Why and How to Improve Pre-K Assessments: What Do Head Start Providers Think?

School Choice Wisconsin

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Families need more chances to enroll in statewide choice program

School Choice Wisconsin

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Top of mind: We need changes in the pathways to becoming a teacher in Wisconsin

School Choice Wisconsin

Sep. 2 | Commentary

Students' reading and math scores plummet since start of pandemic

Center for American Progress

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Teacher Preparation Shortcuts Won't Solve the Teacher Shortage

Center for American Progress

Sep. 1 | Commentary

School Air Filtration and Ventilation Strategies To Improve Health, Education, Equity, and Environmental Outcomes

Commonwealth Institute

Sep. 1 | Video

David Hardy discusses educational opportunity in Pennsylvania on Fox & Friends

EdNext

Sep. 1 | Podcast

School Superintendents Head for the Exits

EdNext

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Low Scorers Were Declining and Higher Scorers Improving, Even Before the Pandemic, Federal Test Data Show

ExcelinEd

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Pathways Matter | State Studies

Fordham Institute

Sep. 1 | Commentary

What national test scores tell us about American education before the pandemic

Fordham Institute

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Pre-pandemic, more U.S. students were excelling in math

Fordham Institute

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Setting the record straight on district enrollments

Heartland Institute

Sep. 1 | Commentary

U.S. Schools Get Bad Marx

Heritage Foundation

Sep. 1 | Commentary

Minnesota Proposes to Require Teachers to Use Critical Race Theory. Here's What Parents Need to Know.

Pioneer Institute

Sep. 1 | Podcast

UVA's Prof. Angel Adams Parham on Classical Education, Black Intellectuals, & Homeschooling

University of Arkansas

Sep. 1 | Commentary

What are parents thinking?

AEI

Aug. 31 | Commentary

COVID Costs for Kids

ALEC

Aug. 31 | Commentary

Arizona Families Celebrate New Universal ESA Law

American Experiment

Aug. 31 | Commentary

Does he think we forgot? Walz rewriting history on school shutdowns

Fordham Institute

Aug. 31 | Podcast

Education Gadfly Show #835: The expanding partisan gap on K-12 education

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 31 | Commentary

Taking Mask Off Science Driving COVID-19 Responses as Schools Reopen

Sunlight Policy Center

Aug. 31 | Commentary

NJEA Tries to Walk Back Its TV Ads and Distance Itself from "Radical" Training Sessions

American Experiment

Aug. 30 | Commentary

At Minnesota State, equity's in, learning is out

American Experiment

Aug. 30 | Commentary

U of M data 'expert' gets the data wrong on Mississippi / Minnesota comparison

American Experiment

Aug. 30 | Commentary

Proposed teacher licensing changes draw overwhelming criticism, still time to comment

Brookings

Aug. 30 | Commentary

What if Americans sour on public education?

CRPE

Aug. 30 | Commentary

Remote learning options are shutting down as school reopens in fall 2022

EdNext

Aug. 30 | Commentary

The Education Exchange: Test Results from Spring 2022 Show "Cause for Hope," Especially for Youngest Students, a New Report Finds

Heritage Foundation

Aug. 30 | Commentary

Heritage's Pressure Makes District of Columbia Delay Vaccine Mandate for Schoolchildren

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