Ron Matus's guest appearances

Ron Matus

EdChoice Chats

The School Choice Movement Podcast

Dan Miller

James Tooley

Chris Stewart

Phil Magness

Tom Carroll

Michael Horn

Mike McShane

Aaron Smith

Manny Diaz

Andy Smarick

Jane The Virgin

Howard Husock

Lisa Kelly

David Hodges

Andrew Campanella

OwlTail

Denisha Merriweather

Today Ron Matus joins the show who is the director of policy and public affairs at Step Up for Students in Florida, and Denisha Merriweather also joins the show who is the director of public relations and content marketing for the American Federation for Children, and the founder of Black Minds Matter. They are the co-authors of a new report titled, Controlling the Narrative, Parental Choice, Black Empowerment and Lessons From Florida.

Ep. 301: Big Ideas — with Denisha Merriweather and Ron Matus

There are some amazing things happening with school choice in Florida, but how would anyone know if no one reports on it? How is the reporting on districts today in the state? Ron Matus is director for policy &amp; public affairs at Step Up for Students and a former education reporter with the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times). He joins the podcast to talk with Erika and Shawn about what he sees as the problems with education reporting today. Together, they discuss the reluctance to tell the whole story of public education in Florida? What exactly is being under-reported? Why are the voices of so many teachers not being heard? Find out the answers to these questions! Plus, What is the surprising link between education reporting and the BackStreet Boys? All of this and more on today's episode! Learn More About redefinED School Choice Movement

There are some amazing things happening with school choice in Florida, but how would anyone know if no one reports on it? How is the reporting on districts today in the state? Ron Matus is director for policy &amp; public affairs at Step Up for Students and a former education reporter with the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times). He joins the podcast to talk with Erika and Shawn about what he sees as the problems with education reporting today. Together, they discuss the reluctance to tell the whole story of public education in Florida? What exactly is being under-reported? Why are the voices of so many teachers not being heard? Find out the answers to these questions! Plus, What is the surprising link between education reporting and the BackStreet Boys? All of this and more on today's episode! <a href="https://www.redefinedonline.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Learn More About redefinED</a> <a href="https://schoolchoicemovement.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">School Choice Movement</a>

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