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Matt Ladner

Senior research fellow, Charles Koch Institute

Matt Ladner is a senior research fellow at the Charles Koch Institute in Arlington, Va.

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Public Education

Texas should provide more educational options for students with disabilities

By Matt Ladner, June 22, 2017

Put yourself in the shoes of a special needs student or parent for a moment: Would you desire a limited set of options and cold-blooded state policies discouraging districts from meeting your needs? Or would you desire a system in which you have additional options if things don’t work out?

Public Education

Education savings accounts: A flexible alternative for Texas schools

By Matt Ladner, March 22, 2017

Texas can lead the nation by taking the next logical step and establishing parent-managed accounts for all types of K-12 services. Education funding should go first to parents, and then to providers and schools — not the other way around.