Gerard Robinson (born September 24, 1966) is a former Secretary of Education in Virginia and

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. He is a

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proponent and former president of the

Black Alliance for Educational Options Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) was a nonprofit group supporting school voucher and charter school programs in the United States. It was one of the largest pro-voucher groups. The group's mission was to "actively support parental choi ...

. He was selected to be

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

Secretary of Education for Governor-Elect

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in 2010. Robinson received an AA from

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and a master's degree in education from

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Gerard Robinson and Van Jones: Invest in education, not more prisons

Robinson: Obama Redefined School Reform for Democrats

State cabinet secretaries of Virginia African-American state cabinet secretaries Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni Howard University alumni Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1966 births {{virginia-politician-stub