About The Author

Matthew Ladner

Matthew Ladner is executive editor of NextSteps. He has written numerous studies on school choice, charter schools and special education reform, and his articles have appeared in Education Next; the Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice; and the British Journal of Political Science. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and received a master's degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Houston. He lives in Phoenix with his wife and three children.
09/05/23
Matthew Ladner
America’s founders (wisely) set up a federal system in part to defend liberty. Federalism allows Americans to select a state...
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08/29/23
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In 410, after years of enough backstabbing, civil wars and barbarian invasions to make a Games of Thrones scriptwriter blush,...
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08/22/23
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  Jason Bedrick and I co-authored a new study for the Heritage Foundation last week in which we test an...
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08/15/23
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The Teach Coalition Office of Jewish Education Policy and Research released a study last week on enrollment in New York...
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08/08/23
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Five member universities departed the Pacific-12 Conference last week, following the leads of three others. Despite boasting more NCAA national...
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07/31/23
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs released a memo to claim that Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account represents “increased costs to taxpayers.” The...
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07/24/23
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American scientist and futurist Roy Amara (on the left above) coined a phrase which came to be known as “Amara’s...
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07/18/23
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Some people claim that there is school choice to blame, but we know, it’s all Randi’s fault. The nonprofit research...
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07/11/23
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis coined the notion of American states serving as “laboratories of democracy” in New State Ice Co. v....
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07/05/23
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    Rosenwald schools served as a forerunner of the modern choice movement. As the Smithsonian Magazine explained: Between 1917...
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