About The Author

Catherine Durkin Robinson

Catherine Durkin Robinson is a former teacher and columnist for the Tampa Tribune and Creative Loafing. A Democratic activist for 30 years, she got her start in the education choice movement as a grassroots leader in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri and Maine working with StudentsFirst. She has been organizing scholarship parents since 2013.
03/18/13
Catherine Durkin Robinson
From the beginning, when my children were barely out of pull-ups, I was a school-choice mom. Living in a rural...
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01/25/13
Catherine Durkin Robinson
In 2010, Doug Tuthill took a look around and realized he was living in a new era. “Florida had this...
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08/07/12
Catherine Durkin Robinson
“This should be a moment of renaissance in education in America.” - President Bill Clinton, keynote speaker, KIPP School Summit 2012...
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04/09/12
Catherine Durkin Robinson
Editor's note: The set-in-stone narrative about education reform is progressives vs. conservatives, Republicans vs. Democrats, teachers unions vs. the "corporate...
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