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.
01/03/23
Matthew Ladner
Wondrous the stone of these ancient walls, shattered by fate. The districts of the city have crumbled. The work of...
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12/20/22
Matthew Ladner
American K-12 education was doing quite poorly before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. In comparisons to other nations on...
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12/12/22
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Last week we discussed the Oklahoma attorney general’s advisory opinion against enforcement of the state’s prohibition on religious charter schools....
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12/08/22
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Recently I reported that Florida’s students with disabilities exceeded multiple states statewide averages for all students on multiple 2022 NAEP...
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12/05/22
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  Oklahoma Attorney General John M. O’Connor released an advisory opinion on Dec. 1, which concluded in essence that enforcement...
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11/29/22
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Education choice critics often claim that choice will harm students remaining in public schools. Florida students with disabilities have had...
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11/28/22
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Emily Hanford’s podcast Sold a Story tells the disturbing tale of how schools have come to embrace patently absurd and...
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11/22/22
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Editor’s note: Vranyo is a noun formed from the verb ‘vrat,’ which means “to lie,” but has a more colloquial,...
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11/14/22
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released “the nation’s report card” recently, which included fourth and eighth grade Math...
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11/07/22
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It’s award season here at reimaginED, and we’re reviewing a trend from “the Nation’s Report Card” for low-income students who...
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