About The Author

Ron Matus

Ron Matus is director of Research & Special Projects at Step Up for Students and a former editor of redefinED. He joined Step Up in February 2012 after 20 years in journalism, including eight years as an education reporter with the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times).
09/03/18
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It may seem a stretch to attempt a school choice angle for Labor Day weekend, given teachers unions are the...
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08/29/18
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This is the latest post in our series on the center-left roots of school choice. Rosa Parks wanted a charter...
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08/28/18
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This is the latest post in our series on the center-left roots of school choice. The crowd shots that illustrate...
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08/14/18
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Myths about school choice are like zombies. You can land a blow here and there, and sometimes knock one down...
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07/27/18
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A few months ago, the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress – the gold standard of standardized...
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07/17/18
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If you asked parents of students victimized by bullying (like this one, this one and this one) to describe the...
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06/26/18
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This is the latest post in our ongoing series on the center-left roots of school choice. Four years ago, Angela...
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05/24/18
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Forty years ago, school choice liberals started working with popular Democratic Congressman Leo Ryan to put school choice on the ballot in California. Then, tragedy struck.
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05/14/18
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More than 280,000 students attend charter schools in Florida, nearly triple the number from a decade ago. There’s probably 280,000 reasons why their parents chose charters. But many of them have stories like Crystal Fountain and her son Tay'Shaun.
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04/18/18
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The idea of accountability through school choice isn't new. School choice liberals strongly backed the idea a half century ago.
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