INTERVIEW – GERARD ROBINSON — is the former COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION for the State of FLORIDA and former SECRETARY OF EDUCATION for the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA. He is also a RESIDENT FELLOW at the AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE (AEI), where he works on education policy issues & former Secretary of Education in VA and FL

• Black Lives Matter & the NAACP are calling for an end to charter school growth. (The Nation) — A few weeks ago, the Movement for Black Lives, the network that also includes Black Lives Matter organizers, released its first-ever policy agenda. Among the organization’s six demands and dozens of policy recommendations was a bold education-related stance: a moratorium on both charter schools and public school closures. Charters, the agenda argues, represent a shift of public funds and control over to private entities. Along with “an end to the privatization of education,” the Movement for Black Lives organizers are demanding increased investments in traditional community schools and the health and social services they provide.