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).
03/19/14
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Ken Campbell, president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, has advice for school choice supporters who may be frustrated...
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03/17/14
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A key player in legislation to expand school choice scholarships in Florida said Monday he will fight to keep scholarship...
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03/12/14
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A proposal to strengthen and expand Florida’s tax credit scholarship program, the largest private school choice program in the nation,...
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03/11/14
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As if education politics in Florida couldn’t get more complicated. Opponents of Common Core in public schools are hoping to...
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03/10/14
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Tax credit scholarships. The Tampa Tribune comes down in favor of the expansion bill. The testing issue for tax credit scholarships...
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03/07/14
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Tax credit scholarships. The bill to expand the state's tax credit scholarships program passes its first committee on a party-line vote....
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03/06/14
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A contingent of faith leaders and their supporters gathered in the state Capitol Thursday to back a proposed expansion of...
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03/06/14
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Tax credit scholarships. On his blog The Fine Print, the AP's Gary Fineout lists the "voucher" testing debate as one...
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03/05/14
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Tax credit scholarships. House Speaker Will Weatherford says with tens of thousands of parents on waiting lists for tax credit...
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03/04/14
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Tax credit scholarships. House Speaker Will Weatherford and Americans for Prosperity tout the proposed program expansion (among other non-education-related issues)...
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