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Dr. Matthew Ladner is vice president of research for the Goldwater Institute. Prior to joining Goldwater, Ladner was director of state projects at the Alliance for School Choice, where he provided support and resources for state-based school choice efforts. Ladner has written numerous studies on school choice, charter schools and special education reform.
Ladner is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and received both a Masters and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Houston. Ladner previously served as director of the Center for Economic Prosperity at the Goldwater Institute and as vice president of policy and communications at Children First America.
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Oct 22, 2008)
Senators McCain and Obama are racing down the stretch of the 2008 Presidential race with substantially different ideas about how to improve American education.
Hopefully... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Sep 28, 2008)
P.J. O’Rourke once described the early Clinton administration as “running the country by dorm-room bull session.” Some recent discussion among education progressives makes me... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Jun 26, 2008)
On these pages I have described how the primordial soup of a market system could transform education. In their book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Technologies Will... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (May 29, 2008)
Nevada’s education system must address two urgent problems: an ever-growing quantity of students and the low average quality of schools. In spite of these problems, Nevada’s... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (May 14, 2008)
In the Aviator, director Martin Scorsese tells the story of Howard Hughes, had perhaps the biography of Howard Hughes been written by Ayn Rand. Hughes is portrayed by... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Apr 17, 2008)
Is demography destiny?
If so, say some experts, states with growing Hispanic populations seem doomed to fail, weighed down with ineffective school systems and abysmal test... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Mar 20, 2008)
In the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, Captain John H. Miller (played by Tom Hanks) leads a group of American soldiers in storming the beach at Normandy. Pinned down... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Mar 04, 2008)
Democratic activist Steve Barr, founder of the Rock the Vote campaign, has dived into school reform in Los Angeles. Predictably, this has run him straight into the... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Jan 28, 2008)
America needs to invest more financial resources to help address a looming shortage of college graduates needed for the high-tech economy of tomorrow. Or do... more
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Dr. Matthew Ladner (Jan 10, 2008)
U.S. News and World Report just published its annual ranking of the top 100 public high schools in America. My home state of Arizona punches above its weight. Arizona has... more