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.
08/23/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
Florida charter schools didn’t benefit as much as district schools from the school grades “safety net” that state education officials...
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08/22/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
Perhaps not surprisingly, recent polls by two education organizations – one in support of, and the other skeptical of, school...
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08/14/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
The latest report on academic performance in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program devotes historic attention to evaluating the students...
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08/13/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
Bill Maxwell, a highly regarded African-American columnist with the Tampa Bay Times, has used a new Hechinger Report to argue that...
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08/09/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
A growing body of research suggests charter schools provide a good quality education relative to the traditional district schools from...
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08/02/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
The new piece by Michelle Malkin on Jeb Bush, Tony Bennett and education reform in the Sunshine State is a...
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07/30/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
After 2,500 miles through high deserts, forested mountains, windswept prairies, and boggy woodlands – and 190 gallons of gas and...
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07/24/13
Patrick R. Gibbons
  The American Federation of Teachers released a new survey this week, “Public School Parents and the Promise of Public...
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