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.
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
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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
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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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