Legislators in Early Education Caucus address ‘crisis’ in student performance
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Kemp Conrad
Kemp Conrad served on the Memphis City Council from 2009 to 2019 and was elected chair twice by his peers, in 2016 and 2019. He is a principal at Commercial Advisors LLC and serves on the Board of Directors of Pure Youth Academy, a State of Tennessee non-public Category 1 boarding school.
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Kenneth S. Robinson
Rev. Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D., is president/CEO of United Way of the Mid-South and former Tennessee Commissioner of Health. From 1991-2016, Dr. Robinson also served as Pastor and CEO of St. Andrew AME Church in Memphis.
Motivated by the fact that the majority of Tennessee’s third-grade students can’t read or do math on grade level, a bipartisan group of legislators has committed to exploring policy improvements for students prior to third grade.
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