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.
04/07/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
School choice programs around the nation have experienced exceptional growth – in both the number of students served and the...
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04/04/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
Republican Naysayers The lower house in Mississippi voted down an education savings account bill this week that would have eventually...
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03/28/14
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As a stalwart defender of funding for public schools, the Florida Education Association (FEA) brings special expertise to the complex,...
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03/20/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss is not known for an open mind on school choice, but she would have...
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03/14/14
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New York Unions Unions uniting for school choice? You might think you woke up in an alternate dimension but no,...
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03/13/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
Accountability in education has been a contentious issue for decades. Unfortunately, the word accountability is too often used to mean...
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02/27/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
Many have tried to link vouchers and school choice to racism, but it can’t be done without a tortured reading...
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02/20/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
John Huppenthal and John Deasy John Huppenthal is the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. John Deasy is the Superintendent of...
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02/13/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
Education is a complex and nuanced issue, and advocates on all sides need to be mindful not to overreach. Supporters...
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02/07/14
Patrick R. Gibbons
In a recent television interview with Bill O’Reily, President Obama discussed the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program and stated the private...
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