Two issues to watch:

In the 74, Ray Pierce of the Southern Education Foundation on the collateral damage some reform efforts can cause to traditional sources of African-American political power – especially in cities.

Meanwhile, in Florida, it appears the school choice program there may have played a role in the election of Trump-backed Republican Ron DeSantis, who drew an unusually high, and possibly decisive, degree of support from black women in Florida in his race for governor against Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.