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).
03/07/12
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A year after I began work as an education reporter, I witnessed a classroom scene so shocking, it haunts me to this...
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03/06/12
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Last week, the Tampa Bay Times, the biggest newspaper in Florida, published a front-page story about Jeb Bush's still-substantial influence...
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03/05/12
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Coincidence or not, an impressive roster of superstar professional athletes with strong Florida ties have become major league champions for school choice....
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03/05/12
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Editor's note: We're going to try something new this morning - a quickie roundup of recent headlines that we think...
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03/02/12
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As maybe the only pro-voucher school board member in Florida, and one of the few in the country, it could get awfully intense...
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03/01/12
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Two more signs in the past week that the world is changing in ways that make sense to us: * In...
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02/28/12
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They hold public schools in contempt. They think private schools are better. They want to privatize everything. Supporters of school...
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02/28/12
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Florida's tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students got a pat on the back Monday at a State Board of Education workshop, albeit from a...
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02/27/12
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Hi everybody. My name is Ron Matus. I’m the new assistant director of policy and public affairs at Step Up...
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