Gerard Robinson Testy, Defensive in Tampa Bay Times Interview
Florida’s Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson has apparently been designated as the one who will be taking the tough questions on education policy so Rick Scott and Jeb Bush won’t have to. His rambling and often sarcastic answers for reporter Jeff Solochek were indicative of a man who realizes he’s defending the indefensible. Writes Solochek:
Earlier in the discussion, Robinson delayed answering a question about the “parent trigger” bill that failed in the Florida Senate during session. He returned to the subject midway through the talk.So Robinson wants to argue semantics. It’s what we call it, you see. Making how parent trigger is packaged for
Parent trigger. I’ll share with you what I said before. I don’t think the word trigger should have any place in education. So I will call it parent empowerment. What else do you want to know?