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.
07/17/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Wisconsin Public schools aren’t always required to serve all students and this fact served as an impetus for the creation...
Read More >
07/03/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
 Arthur Camins Arthur Camins writes that individuals must make sacrifices to serve the greater good. Consequently, the education philosopher from Hoboken...
Read More >
06/29/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
A one-of-a-kind publicly funded school voucher program suffered a legal blow this morning, as a plurality on a divided Colorado Supreme Court...
Read More >
06/26/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Private philanthropy can’t seem to close the funding gap between district schools and charter schools. Although charter schools as a...
Read More >
06/19/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Cathy Nolan, New York State Assembly Instead a 75 percent tax credit for donations to fund scholarships for low- to...
Read More >
06/13/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
It's been a good year for school choice. A growing number of states are joining what is now a majority offering some...
Read More >
06/12/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
State Legislatures In 2011, states enacted 13 laws expanding private school choice. It was a good year for the movement. But as...
Read More >
06/05/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Nevada Six years ago, I called on the Silver State to copy Florida. This year, Nevada saw Florida's tax credit scholarship...
Read More >
05/16/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Debates over school choice accountability and regulations often become surrogate battles over whether states should have, or expand, options in...
Read More >
05/15/15
Patrick R. Gibbons
Pastors for Texas Children Tax Credit Scholarships in Texas are facing a coordinated, albeit misleading, campaign from school choice opponents....
Read More >
1 20 21 22 23 24 32
magnifiercross linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram