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.
05/02/22
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In the morning, when the sun hits our kitchen window just right, a dangling crystal refracts light, sending Serafina (the...
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04/25/22
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Videos have surfaced recently of starving residents of Shanghai screaming in the night a week into an incredibly misguided COVID-19...
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04/18/22
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Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards....
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04/12/22
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Months ago, The Heritage Foundation published a study showing that Democrats have provided determinative votes only rarely in state legislatures...
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04/04/22
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Arizona started down the choice road back in 1994 when a bipartisan group of legislators passed both a robust charter...
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03/28/22
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Recently, Geoff Esposito, a lobbyist for the Arizona ACLU, testified before the Arizona Legislature. He explained that while not a...
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03/21/22
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I’ve heard that advocates of open enrollment reform are encountering opponents who claim that if you allow open enrollment, then...
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03/14/22
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Oliver Wiseman’s recent City Journal article on Miami paints an optimistic picture from urban America. Miami is the unofficial capitol...
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03/07/22
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In “Lord of the Rings,” J.R.R. Tolkien’s hobbits were a race of people who lived in an idyllic pastoral shire...
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02/28/22
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My doom-scroll through “war-breaks-out-in-Europe” news was happily interrupted this weekend by the arrival of Jack Coons new book, “School Choice...
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