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.
03/25/19
Matthew Ladner
The research arm of the National Student Clearinghouse released a report recently on the number of students graduating from institutions...
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03/18/19
Matthew Ladner
Living out in a distant and pleasant patch of cactus, I noticed this week that Arizona overtook Florida in average...
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03/11/19
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The American film classic Aliens features a group of futuristic Marines who bite off more than they can chew when...
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03/05/19
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Editor’s note: March 2 marked the 20th anniversary of the legislative session in which Florida Gov. Jeb Bush launched a...
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02/25/19
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order recently to transition the state away from the current academic standards, which...
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02/18/19
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“That this social order with its pauperism, famines, prisons, gallows, armies, and wars is necessary to society; that still greater...
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02/11/19
Matthew Ladner
A new study from the Urban Institute on college enrollment/completion rates of Florida Tax Credit Scholarship students represents both a...
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01/29/19
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Editor’s note: The National Catholic Educational Association is sponsoring Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 27-Feb. 2. Students, families, parishioners and community...
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01/21/19
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When The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001, I was in the subset of viewers who had not...
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01/21/19
Matthew Ladner
Decades after Brown v. Board of Education, a map generated by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute indicates we have miles...
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