BREAKING Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson Resigns | Scathing Purple Musings

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BREAKING Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson Resigns

by Bob Sikes

From Jeff Solochek at Gradebook:

This just in from the Florida Department of Education:
Tallahassee, Fla., July 31, 2012 – Florida Department of Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson submitted a letter of resignation today to Governor Rick Scott and State Board of Education Chair Kathleen Shanahan.
Commissioner Robinson has served as head of one of the country’s largest state school systems since August 2011. Under his leadership Florida’s school system has realized some major milestones, including raising achievement levels for the first time in a decade, obtaining a