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Matthew Nielsen

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  • S6 E6: Today’s Top 3

    Season 6, Episode 6 Today’s top three education stories, with a focus on ESA policy and Arizona state policy. Topics: ESA; AZ/state policy Listen to S6 E6 Transcript Auto-generated transcript with light…

  • S6 E5: Supreme Court Takes Up Ed Freedom Case TODAY

    Season 6, Episode 5 A discussion of the Supreme Court and the education freedom case making news today. Topics: parental rights; vouchers/tax-credit Listen to S6 E5 Transcript Auto-generated transcript with light cleanup.…

  • S6 E4: Sec. McMahon TROLLS Dems

    Season 6, Episode 4 A look at Secretary McMahon, education policy, and the political debate around accountability. Topics: unions; testing/accountability Listen to S6 E4 Transcript Auto-generated transcript with light cleanup. Words may…

  • S6 E3: Reclaiming Education from the Collectivists

    Season 6, Episode 3 A conversation about reclaiming education from collectivist systems and strengthening family choice. Topics: parental rights; AZ/state policy Listen to S6 E3 Transcript Auto-generated transcript with light cleanup. Words…

  • Red state voters reject NACSA’s worldview. Lawmakers should, too.

    The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is an avowedly left-wing organization that encourages DEI in charter authorizing and favors a technocratic, top-down vision of charter schooling over a parent-centric model.…

    Red state voters reject NACSA’s worldview.  Lawmakers should, too.
  • S6 E2: Return Education to Parents w/ Tiffany Justice

    Season 6, Episode 2 Matthew Nielsen speaks with Tiffany Justice about returning education to parents and strengthening parental choice. Guest: Tiffany Justice Topics: parental rights Listen to S6 E2 Transcript Auto-generated transcript…

  • S6 E1: Trump’s EO to End the Dept of Ed

    Season 6, Episode 1 A discussion of the executive order to end the Department of Education and what it means for education freedom. Topics: AZ/state policy; parental rights Listen to S6 E1…

  • Charter School Regulators Push Wokeness

    by Matt Nielsen   Nearly three years after United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) compared concerned parents to domestic terrorists, the NSBA is a shell…

    Charter School Regulators Push Wokeness
  • Book – Critical Condition: Destructive Ideologies in America’s Classrooms

    by Matthew Nielsen In anticipation of the release of my book, Critical Condition: Destructive Ideologies in America’s Classrooms, I’m happy to release this conversation between @realchrisrufo and I as we discuss #CRT…

    Book – Critical Condition: Destructive Ideologies in America’s Classrooms
  • REPORT: Making the Grade

    ABSTRACT   The Every Student Succeeds Act requires that states provide a public evaluation of the performance of each public school while providing broad discretion in how states devise performance frameworks. One…

    REPORT: Making the Grade