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.
09/20/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
Applications for two state scholarship programs – the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options...
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08/11/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
COVID-19 rocked K-12 school enrollment overall last year, but private schools were hit especially hard as enrollment declined for the...
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08/06/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
The uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 may be responsible for a massive spike in the number of...
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07/22/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
A recently updated report of a 2020 study that concluded public school student performance improved along with the growth of...
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07/01/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
More than 204,000 students already have applied for Florida private school scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year, up 34% from...
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06/21/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
The longer students remain on Florida’s Gardiner Scholarship program, the more likely their parents are to spend money on curriculum,...
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06/11/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
States can’t discriminate against religious schools because of their religious identity. But can states discriminate if the school teaches religious...
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06/11/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
Twenty years ago, on June 13, 2001, Gov. Jeb Bush signed HB 21, a taxation relief bill that carried within...
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05/28/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
The science results on The Nation’s Report Card are out, and while the news isn’t all bad, it isn’t great...
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05/19/21
Patrick R. Gibbons
Families with children on Florida’s Gardiner Scholarship for students with special needs spent $117 million on private school tuition, books,...
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