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 pgibbons@stepupforstudents.org. Follow Patrick on Twitter: at @PatrickRGibbons and @redefinEDonline.
08/19/25
Patrick R. Gibbons
Florida gives parents the ability to direct the education of their children. Today about half of all K-12 students in...
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06/05/25
Patrick R. Gibbons
For the first time in Florida’s history, more than half of all K-12 students are enrolled in an educational option...
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02/05/24
Patrick R. Gibbons
A record-setting 1.7 million K-12 students in Florida attended a school of choice last year, an increase of more than...
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10/12/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) made numerous headlines last spring after the organization estimated Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) and...
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09/11/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
After sitting derelict for more than half a century, St. Benedict the Moor School in St. Augustine, Fla. will be...
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08/31/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
A recent Tampa Bay Times article insinuated that charter schools and private school scholarships were reducing Hillsborough County Public Schools'...
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08/17/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
Duval County Public Schools recently claimed Florida’s newly expanded scholarship program will leave a $17 million hole in their budget....
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06/20/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
Nearly half of all parents are seeking new schools for their children in the 2023-24 school year. The data comes...
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06/13/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
A new study from a professor of economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of...
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04/04/23
Patrick R. Gibbons
Editor’s note: This analysis from Patrick Gibbons, manager for Policy and Public Affairs at Step Up For Students, is the...
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