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.
04/06/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Shortly after Montana created its first tax credit scholarship, Mike Kadas, head of the state's Department of Revenue, unilaterally declared...
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02/28/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
School vouchers and tax credit scholarships may not always improve participants' standardized test performance, but a growing crop of studies...
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02/19/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
In a report to northern missionaries in 1894, an Orange Park Pastor, Rev. T.S. Perry, described a beacon of integration...
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01/22/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Florida's public schools are growing. And educational options are growing faster. Public schools added more than 16,000 students in grades...
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01/16/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
On Martin Luther King Day, it is worth remembering the sacrifices people made to advance equity and desegregate public life...
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01/02/18
Patrick R. Gibbons
Brandon sat quietly in his wheelchair but grew increasingly agitated as his lawyer, Clint Bolick, answered rapid-fire questions from an aggressive reporter. His mother, Donna Berman, stood...
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11/07/17
Patrick R. Gibbons
Do parents try to become more informed when given the opportunity to choose a school for their child? Researchers Michael...
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08/01/17
Patrick R. Gibbons
Far from the public eye, a North Florida private school for black students survived for 83 years against the odds....
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06/27/17
Patrick R. Gibbons
Results in Louisiana and Indiana's voucher programs took a step in the right direction this week, with the release of...
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06/21/17
Patrick R. Gibbons
Florida's private schools saw their biggest enrollment growth in 15 years. Enrollment grew by 22,525 PreK-12 students in the 2016-17 school year....
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