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.
10/30/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
The nation’s largest private school choice program is popular among parents, with 92 percent reporting they are satisfied with the...
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10/30/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Ramping up regulations on a hypothetical school choice voucher program results in fewer private schools opting to participate, and lower...
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10/09/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Is Florida’s public education system as bad as many of its critics suggest? Yet another analysis, focused exclusively on actual...
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09/20/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
As the nation’s first private school scholarship for bullied students shifts into higher gear, a new study finds that private...
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08/14/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Step Up For Students, the state’s largest nonprofit scholarship organization, miscalculated the household income for 0.1 percent of students who...
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08/13/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Today is back-to-school day for most school districts in Florida. But for the Plucinski family of Central Florida, it’s back...
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08/01/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Private school preK-12 enrollment ticked upward for the seventh year in a row, reaching 370,116 students in 2017-18, according to...
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07/25/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
For the 10th year in a row, Florida’s most disadvantaged students are making solid academic gains using the Florida Tax...
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07/11/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently recognized the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, for the orders historic...
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06/05/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
New research from North Carolina State University breaks a streak of widely publicized negative test results for voucher students. It...
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