William Mattox

William Mattox currently serves as the Director of the J. Stanley Marshall Center for Educational Options at the James Madison Institute. In this role, he works with a wide variety of researchers, policymakers, educators, and parents to promote innovative reforms designed to make it possible for all K-12 students to obtain a high-quality education tailored to their unique needs, interests, aptitudes, and learning styles.

Mattox has written numerous articles on education-related issues for a number of leading publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and USA TODAY; presented expert testimony on education-related issues before legislative committees in Washington and in a number of state capitals; spoken at major education conferences around the country and at international meetings in Prague, Geneva, and Rome; and led writing workshops at Duke, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia, and other prominent universities.

In recent years, Mattox has been honored by the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University for his work promoting character development in youth sports and by the University of Georgia as the recipient of the Henry Grady Distinguished Alumni Award.

Mattox and his wife, Jill, have four adult children, all of whom experienced multiple schooling options growing up. Thus, Mattox brings to his work first-hand parental experience with public schooling, private schooling, homeschooling, dual enrollment, gifted programs, magnet schooling, online courses, blended education, and other modes of personal learning.