About The Author

Patrick R. Gibbons

Patrick Gibbons is public affairs manager at Step Up for Students and a research fellow for the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. A former teacher, he lived in Las Vegas, Nev., for five years, where he worked as an education writer and researcher. He can be reached at (813) 498.1991 or emailed at [email protected]. Follow Patrick on Twitter: at @PatrickRGibbons and @redefinEDonline.
03/19/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Montana parents appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, asking the court to overturn a ruling that found tax-credit...
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03/12/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Charter schools typically don’t have transportation services, and they can’t gerrymander enrollment zones that zigzag through the county to diversify...
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03/01/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Interest in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship is continuing to surge in the wake of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Feb. 15...
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02/28/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Bills to enhance the Gardiner Scholarship program were filed in the House and Senate this week.  HB 1051 and its...
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02/26/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
While most studies of private school choice programs have focused on academic outcomes as measured by standardized tests, some recent...
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02/21/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
In 1999 Florida passed the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), the nation’s first statewide school voucher program in nearly fifty years....
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02/08/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Do vouchers and charter schools harm public schools, thereby violating the state’s constitutional duty to fund an adequate system of...
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02/02/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Editor’s note: This February marks the 43rd anniversary of Black History Month. President Gerald R. Ford, in the nation’s bicentennial...
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01/25/19
Patrick R. Gibbons
Charter schools overtook “Choice and Magnet programs” and “Open Enrollment” to become the most popular school of choice for Florida...
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11/07/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Routinely underappreciated, Florida’s K-12 schools do outstanding work with what they are given. Despite a relatively large low-income/working-class majority-minority student...
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