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Gerard Robinson Continues to Mislead Floridians on Charter Schools | Scathing Purple Musings

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Gerard Robinson Continues to Mislead Floridians on Charter Schools

Gerard Robinson knows he’s being fact-checked. Twice in a weekend  interview with Gradebook’s Jeff Solocheck, he clearly sought to unburden the weight of a question. Despite having his guard up, Robinson let loose with some real whoppers. Responding to a probe by Solochek regarding recent instances of serious malfeasance in charter schools, Robinson said this:
There is nothing in place right now that prohibits the local school boards from making decisions. … We’ve had charters for a very long time. We know the ones that work, we know the ones that don’t work. That’s not a new issue. The reason I ask about what keeps you up at night is because there are some of those same challenges in traditional public schools.
Politifact may have a liar, liar pants on fire on their hands. Emphasis mine, by-the-way.
Robinson’s, “there is nothing in place right now that prohibits the local school boards from making decisions” just