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.
02/28/23
Matthew Ladner
In the stunning fantastic Disney+ Star Wars series Andor, the shadowy Luthen Rael finally reveals something about himself by telling...
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02/22/23
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Texas Monthly features a sprawling tale of the Dripping Springs Independent School District and how it plays into a vast...
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02/20/23
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Your friendly neighborhood school choice mad scientist, aware of his eccentricity, keeps a healthy skepticism regarding his own notions. When...
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02/13/23
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In the American film classic Jurassic Park, the villainous Dennis Nedry shuts down park security to steal cloned dinosaur embryos....
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02/06/23
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Silicon Valley homeschool mom Samantha Cook had this to say to Wired magazine in 2015: “The world is changing. It’s...
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01/30/23
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In the film Honeymoon in Vegas, Nicolas Cage jumps out of a plane with the Flying Elvises-Utah Chapter! The Flying...
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01/24/23
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The Iowa Legislature has passed a universal K-12 education savings account bill. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to sign...
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01/23/23
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Over a decade ago I had the opportunity to present a paper at a conference focused on the policy legacy...
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01/17/23
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“I’ll show these people what you don’t want them to see. I’m going to show them a world without you....
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01/10/23
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The population of rural America has declined by 12.5% since the 2000 Census, but it could be poised for a...
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