About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education
I missed a subtlety in Leslie Postal’s Orlando Sentinel story last month that StateImpact’s John O’Connor didn’t. This from Postal’s story about the search for a new commissioner:
Applicants to replace Gerard Robinson, who stepped down after a little more than a year on the job, have until Sept. 27 to get their resumes to the search firm, Ray and Associates, Inc. But board members said they would consider extending the deadline, if needed.
Board member Roberto Martinez said Florida’s top school job requires someone who can navigate the “political process” but what is most needed is a “person with management and executive skills, a professional educator.”
Martinez said Florida has a “very ambitious agenda” for education, shifting to Common Core