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.
04/25/17
Patrick R. Gibbons
"External vigilance is the price of liberty, power is ever stealing from the many to the few," said American abolitionist Wendell...
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04/07/17
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Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona signed a universal education savings account (ESA) bill into law Thursday night, making Arizona the second...
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01/30/17
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Today we are trying something new: annotating an article from a different blog, using Genius. Click on the highlighted portions...
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01/23/17
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The changes in Florida’s educational landscape show no signs of slowing. On the contrary, more than 1.6 million preK-12 students...
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12/20/16
Patrick R. Gibbons
Critics of Betsy DeVos' nomination as Secretary of Education have promoted a narrative that she is a free-market ideologue opposed to all...
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12/08/16
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Nevada’s universal education savings accounts were the most far-reaching educational choice program ever created, but they suffered a setback earlier this...
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11/16/16
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William N. Sheats was, in many ways, the father of Florida's public school system. He was also an ardent racist...
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09/20/16
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"We do not refuse anyone on account of race," Orange Park Normal and Industrial School principal Amos W. Farnham wrote...
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08/17/16
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Florida's tax credit scholarship program continues to enroll some of the most disadvantaged students from among the state’s lowest-performing public...
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08/15/16
Patrick R. Gibbons
For nearly three years, starting before his third birthday, Malachi lived in an orphanage in Adama, in central Ethiopia. Born...
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