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).
04/18/18
Ron Matus
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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04/02/18
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CLEWISTON, Fla. – It’s hard to think of anywhere in Florida more off the beaten path than the string of...
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03/28/18
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Florida charter schools are serving 177,000 students who are black or Hispanic. The parents of Frankie and Allen Clark enrolled them in Visible Men Academy charter school because they did not believe the district school shared their expectations for their sons.
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03/19/18
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Mangrove School in Florida, where more than half the students use school choice scholarships, stresses environmental consciousness. It's yet another example of the endless varieties of schools that might be possible with expanded school choice.
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02/13/18
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PolitiFact concludes a teachers union attack on school choice funding and accountability is Half True. But the evidence shows it's not remotely true.
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12/18/17
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More than 1,400 public school district employees are benefiting from America’s largest private school choice program. Their kids are a...
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10/18/17
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Note: See a detailed response to the Orlando Sentinel from Step Up For Students here and a quick summary here....
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05/10/17
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“Alternative schools” like The Magnolia School are among those that benefit from school choice, and there’s no reason why, with expanded choice, an endless variety of related strains couldn’t bloom.
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04/13/17
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School choice can't work in rural areas? Tell that to two former public school teachers in Williston, Fla., whose private school is thriving thanks to parental demand and school choice scholarships.
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04/10/17
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In the 1960s and '70s, the political left in America pushed for far-reaching school choice plans in a bid to help disadvantaged students. Today, some on the left are leading the opposition to such proposals.
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