Gainesville Sun: “Collaboration. Not Confrontation.”
Referring to outgoing education commissioner, Gerard Robinson as a “lightening rod” in their headline, theGainesville Sun makes some observations:
Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson is headed for the exit. Whatever else he may have accomplished, Robinson’s combative leadership style made him a lightning rod; seemingly forever at odds with the state’s school superintendents and school boards.
It has been suggested that Robinson’s departure presents the opportunity to reassess Florida’s heavy reliance on the FCAT as a measure of student progress and school accountability. But that’s more a legislative matter than a bureaucratic one.
That said, in replacing Robinson we urge the Florida Board of Education to look for someone who
