Matthew Ladner

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Matthew Ladner is a senior adviser for education policy implementation in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy.

Matthew Ladner

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    Arizona Schools Build Fields of Taxpayer Nightmares, but There Is a Solution

    Matthew Ladner
    In the 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” an Iowa corn farmer named Ray heeds an unseen voice telling him, “If you build it, they will come,” and builds a baseball stadium. Ray lived happily ever after in this fantasy sports movie, but heeding this advice has not worked out for taxpayers financing dubious school projects….
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    Balancing Religious Liberty and National Security: A Lesson From Ancient Greece

    Matthew Ladner
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    School Choice Demands Improved Student Transportation

    Matthew Ladner
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    Corruption Is Part of Why School District ‘Democracy’ Is Rigged and Wasteful

    Matthew Ladner
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    American Hieroglyphics

    Matthew Ladner
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    Arizona ESA Growth Skyrockets While Criticisms Crash

    Matthew Ladner
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    NAEP Disaster Reveals Failure of Regulatory Accountability and DEI

    Jason Bedrick | Matthew Ladner
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    Schools Closing in Arizona? Blame the Failing Schools, Not School Choice

    Jason Bedrick | Matthew Ladner
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    ‘D-Minus’ for Public Schools, but Catholic Schools Shine in Latest Academic Assessment

    Matthew Ladner
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    Missing the Public School ‘Segregation’ Forest for the Trees

    Matthew Ladner
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    Google AI’s Recent Debacle Draws Stark Comparison to Public Education’s Own ‘Racial Justice’ Algorithm

    Matthew Ladner
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    Arizona’s Proposed Reversal in School Choice Would Hurt Taxpayers, Not Just Students and Their Families

    Matthew Ladner
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    Arizona’s Students Crush Academic Records With Innovative School Choice Options

    Matthew Ladner
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    Charter School Authorizers Need a New Association Focused More on Students, Innovation

    Adam Kissel | Matthew Ladner
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    3 Changes to School Choice Bill Could Skyrocket Texas From No. 30 to No. 4 in the Nation

    Matthew Ladner
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    In Special Session on School Choice, Texas Legislators Should Emulate Arizona

    Matthew Ladner | Jason Bedrick